Extension of school closures in 29 prefectures to address educational gap issues

May 8: 19:07 on May 8

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It was found that there are 29 prefectures nationwide that will be closed until the end of this month due to the extension of the emergency declaration by the new coronavirus. In some areas, high schools have been restarted since the end of a large holiday, but in the long run the school will be closed for three months.

NHK summarized the situation until 5 pm on the 8th through broadcasting stations in various places, and until the end of this month, except for elementary and junior high schools established by the municipalities, public high schools, junior high and high schools, special support schools, etc. will be closed. There are 29 prefectures in Japan.

The breakdown is Hokkaido, Ibaraki prefecture, Saitama prefecture, Chiba prefecture, Tokyo Metropolitan area, Kanagawa prefecture, Ishikawa prefecture, Gifu prefecture, Aichi prefecture, Kyoto, which is designated as a "preferred vigilance prefecture" that requires intensive infection spread prevention. Prefectures, Osaka prefecture, Hyogo prefecture, Fukuoka prefecture, and Miyagi prefecture, Tochigi prefecture, Gunma prefecture, Niigata prefecture, Toyama prefecture, Shizuoka prefecture, Mie prefecture, Shiga prefecture, Nara prefecture, Wakayama prefecture, Shimane prefecture, Okayama prefecture Prefecture, Hiroshima prefecture, Tokushima prefecture, Kagawa prefecture, Kumamoto prefecture.

In these areas, school is closed for three months at a long time, and there are concerns about delays in learning.

Therefore, Shizuoka prefecture, Kagawa prefecture, Tokushima prefecture, etc. are considering the situation and considering restarting classes.

On the other hand, Iwate prefecture, which has not been confirmed to be infected, and Aomori prefecture and Tottori prefecture, which have few infected people, have taken preventive measures and restarted high schools from the 7th, while Kagoshima prefecture and Oita prefecture The policy is to restart from the 11th day after dawn. Elsewhere, we plan to resume it in May.

In this way, even in the same public high schools, the response will vary widely depending on the region, and how to deal with the widening educational gap will be a major issue.