According to a national survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, more than 9% of universities are providing some kind of student support due to the spread of the new coronavirus.There was concern about an increase in dropouts among students, but by the end of August there was no increase in dropouts.
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the survey was conducted in September and October targeting national, public and private universities, junior colleges, and colleges of technology, and 9% of universities responded to the survey.
92.7% of the students were given a reduction in tuition fees or their own support measures for students with financial difficulties due to the inability to work part-time.The most common support measures were 60.4% for benefits such as cash and gift certificates, 32.6% for loan measures such as interest-free loans, and 44.2% for goods support such as free lending of personal computers and provision of food. 97.5% are deferring payment of late tuition fees.
There was concern that the number of dropouts would increase due to financial reasons and physical and mental weakness, but by the end of August, there were about 8 dropouts, including graduate students, about 1 in the same period of the previous year. Less than a person.Looking at the breakdown of the reasons for dropping out, it is not much different from the previous year, and we have been able to stop the increase in dropouts due to the new corona.
At each university, etc., efforts are being made to provide mental care for students, such as enhancing online consultations, providing diligent guidance from seminar teachers, and conducting interviews in collaboration with clinical psychologists and psychiatrists. I think the measures have been effective.
