Central Council for Education article list

English proficiency of public junior high and high school students and teachers, English education implementation status survey that did not reach the goal

 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology investigated the English proficiency of public junior high school, high school students and teachers in 2017, and the government set a goal by 2017 […]

Central Council for Education to report 5 basic policies toward the basic education plan

 The Central Council for Education has completed the final adjustments to the report of the Third Basic Plan for Education Promotion and announced the contents. During the five-year planning period from 3 […]

Free higher education, detailed examination started at a meeting of experts

 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has announced that higher education such as universities will be free of charge, which was launched by the government in the "new economic policy package" decided by the Cabinet at the end of 2017.

Legal profession training, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 5 year course plan skipping grade from 4th year to graduate school

 Due to the decrease in the number of applicants for law school, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has shortened the learning institution, which takes 6 years from university entrance to completion of law school, by 1 year to 5 years […]

University restraint in Tokyo's 23 wards, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology plans to add notification

 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has decided to add a notification different from the existing notification by curbing the expansion of new universities in the 23 wards of Tokyo, and the future structure of the Central Council for Education University Subcommittee […]

The framework for the integration of private universities is necessary, and the Central Council for Education organizes issues

 The Central Council for Education University Subcommittee Future Vision Subcommittee, which is considering the future image of universities and graduate schools, is a private university whose management has deteriorated due to the discussions so far […]

Future image of higher education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology presents issues to the Central Council for Education Working Group

 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) responded to the Institutional and Educational Reform Working Group of the Central Council for Education University Subcommittee Future Vision Subcommittee, which is considering the future image of higher education.

Graduate school reform initiatives such as multiple majors, implementation rate is sluggish

 When the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology investigated the implementation status of the education reform program, which is one of the pillars of graduate school reform, a multi-major system and collaboration with companies […]

Doctoral students receive more than 180 million yen a year, 13% of the total, do not reach the target

 Of the students studying in the doctoral program at the graduate school, only 180% of the students receive financial support equivalent to living expenses of 13.2 million yen or more per year […]

The University Subcommittee of the Central Council for Education and the Future Vision Subcommittee jointly meet, and three people from the university and industry make recommendations.

 The Central Council for Education held a joint meeting of the University Subcommittee and the Future Vision Subcommittee at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to discuss the future concept of higher education at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Information Science and Technology […]