As the teacher shortage continues to persist, there are concerns that securing teachers this spring will be in jeopardy, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has announced to prefectural boards of education the number of new teachers that can be secured and specific measures to resolve the shortage. We have decided to conduct an urgent investigation.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's survey targets boards of education in all prefectures and designated cities, with the exception of four prefectures such as Ishikawa Prefecture, which was affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, and is asking for responses by the end of next month.
Specifically, as
the new academic year begins in April, we will discuss the specific measures we are taking to resolve the shortage of teachers,
how many new staff we can secure, and
the initiatives we will take during the next academic year to secure
them .
We are currently looking into the possible number of teachers.
In a survey conducted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 68 prefectures and designated cities in April last year, 29 local governments, over 40% of the total, answered that the shortage of teachers had gotten worse than the previous year. As some local governments have not taken any measures, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is concerned that the shortage of teachers will be a crisis situation this spring.
For this reason, the survey will examine the planned use of the project, which the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has earmarked for 500 million yen in this year's supplementary budget, to secure external human resources in collaboration with universities and companies, and will also ask about concerns if it is not used. We will grasp the actual status of initiatives in each region and encourage measures for the new fiscal year.