To raise the age limit to 59 years for teacher recruitment Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education November 21, 18:47

The Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education will set the upper limit of the age that can be taken from the previous 49-year-old retirement age from the previous 49-year-old retirement age, 59-year-old, in order to secure human resources in preparation for the mass retirement of future teachers Will be raised to.

According to the Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education, as of April, the public schools in the prefecture account for about 40% of teachers in their 50s, and a large number of retirements are expected in the coming years.

On the other hand, it is important to secure excellent teachers, such as the fixed rate of the teacher recruitment exam of the previous year is 3.1 times, the lowest in the past 10 years.

Under these circumstances, the prefectural Board of Education has raised the upper limit of the age that can be taken from the employment examination next year from the previous 49 years to 59 years, one year before the retirement age. You will effectively remove the age restriction.

On the other hand, when a vacancy occurs due to a declining appointment, a “substitute pass-through system” will be established to recruit candidates who did not reach the passing grade.

The implementation guidelines for next year's teacher recruitment exams that accompany these changes will be announced in May next year, and exams will be conducted from July to August.

The prefectural board of education says, “I want many people to take the recruitment exam regardless of age. We are looking for excellent human resources who can give guidance in consideration of children.”