Otemon Gakuin High School applied for the first domestic single-year study abroad program in Japan, which was first recruited by the Cabinet Office and the Regional and Educational Attractiveness Platform in 2020, and one student studied abroad at Mitoya High School in Shimane Prefecture in 1. do.Twenty-seven of the 2021 students were appointed to this system, and three of them were students of Osaka Prefecture, including Otemon Gakuin.
The first domestic single-year study abroad program "Regional Mirai Study Abroad 2020 *" was recruited by the Cabinet Office and the Regional / Educational Attractiveness Platform for the first time in 365.Based on the results of accepting new students from outside the prefecture, which had been advanced at prefectural high schools in Shimane prefecture, this is limited to studying abroad for one year in the second year of high school.This time, the first year of recruitment, a total of 2 public high schools from 1 prefectures including Shimane prefecture, Hokkaido and Kochi prefectures have been selected as accepting schools.
Mitoya High School, where students from Otemon Gakuin High School study abroad, is located in Unnan City, a mountainous area in Shimane Prefecture.Otemon Gakuin High School also has an inquiry department and is working on inquiry learning "O-DRIVE" in all grades, and experience at different schools may have a positive effect on students' own learning and current students after studying abroad. I'm hoping for it.
Students studying abroad are scheduled to go to school while living in the dormitory attached to Mitoya High School from April 2021.Regarding this study abroad program in Japan, the students said, "In the future, it is thought that a society where artificial intelligence (AI) and computers will dominate will come, and I want to acquire the ability to come up with initiatives that only humans can do by solving local problems." Said.
* "Regional Mirai Study Abroad 365" is a joint project between the Cabinet Office and a regional / educational attraction platform, and is the first in Japan to realize a one-year domestic single-year study abroad program for second-year high school students.Students will come into contact with the real nature and culture that cannot be experienced in the city, and with new friends and many friends of all ages, they will experience the charm of the region and face living challenges.Through these experiences, we will develop "the ability to create Mirai by ourselves" that will lead to the subsequent high school life and life.
