Less than 50% of teachers' working hours, such as time cards

Less than 50% of teachers' working hours, such as time cards, are objectively understood. December 30 4:11

While teachers have long working hours, less than 50% of municipalities have objectively grasped working hours using time cards, etc., and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology shows that there is still a large difference in the efforts between local governments. I understand.

This survey was conducted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) on all 1788 educational boards nationwide to understand the actual situation of teacher work style reform.

As a result, as of July 1, 816 municipalities had objectively grasped their working hours with IC cards and time cards, which was 47.4%.

Gunma prefecture has 97.1%, Yamaguchi prefecture has 94.7%, etc., which is more than 90%, while Mie prefecture is 6.9%, Tottori prefecture is 5.3%, which is less than 10%.

In January, the government set a guideline to limit overtime hours to 45 hours a month, but the survey results highlighted that there was a large difference in initiatives among local governments.

Regarding specific work reviews to reduce working hours, in the case of municipalities, the use of outside human resources for club activities has risen to 65.2%, while the use of answering machines has been used outside working hours. Only 24.9%.

Experts: "The background is just the consciousness of being willing to work"

Associate Professor Ryo Uchida of Nagoya University, who is familiar with how teachers work, said, “It has become clear that the use of time cards that are commonplace in the private sector has not yet progressed in schools. There is a sense of the society as a whole that needs to be changed.