Free education for infants The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology directed guidance with no increase in usage fees for no reason Oct. 4: 18:42
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has instructed local governments all over the country to identify cases where fees have been raised for no reason even in kindergartens. Did.
NHK reports that it has decided to raise the usage fee at least 1,600 kindergartens across the country.
When the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology confirmed through prefectural governments, it was found that there were several cases in the country that could raise the usage fee without any reason for the grant subsidy.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, instructed in writing to give guidance to the prefectures etc. as needed after checking the validity on the 3rd, assuming that there should be no price increase without quality improvement. Did.
As specific examples, the reason for the increase in the usage fee is to improve the treatment of employees, while the specific details and timing of the improvement are not indicated, or the increase in the consumption tax rate is dealt with, and the gap in the price increase However, there are cases where this is not a reasonable explanation.
Cases that seem to raise the piggyback price have been confirmed one after another in non-authorized childcare facilities, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has just instructed the local government to give guidance last month.