About 40% of schools restart from the new semester New Corona April 13 16:58

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) concluded that the reopening of schools from the new semester under the influence of the new coronavirus was only 40% nationwide, including public and private sectors.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has summarized the reopening status of national public and private kindergartens and elementary and junior high schools as well as high schools and special needs schools from the new semester by 10th of this month.

As a result, only 38% of schools resumed school from the new semester.

The breakdown is 30% for national, 36% for public and 49% for private.

Of these, in seven prefectures, such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka, which are subject to the declaration of emergency, all national and public schools are closed, and private schools are reopened by 24%.

On the other hand, in regions not covered by the declaration, 40% of nationals, 52% of public, and 75% of private were restarted. However, due to the spread of these areas, schools have been closed more often than originally planned.

Also, more than 80% of universities have postponed classes from the new semester. The breakdown is 90.7% for national universities, 85.4% for public universities, 85.2% for private universities, and 85.5% for colleges of technology.

In addition, 74.4% of national universities, 41.6% of public universities, 46% of private universities, and 32.7% of technical colleges responded that they would conduct online lessons using the Internet instead of regular lessons. .