The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) surveyed more than 370 schools, which said that they would mainly teach online in the latter half of the year, while the ideal way of university classes became an issue due to the corona virus, and found that half increased face-to-face classes to more than 50%. understood.

On the other hand, more than 180 schools are centered on online lessons, and the search continues as the infection spreads.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) re-examined the status of subsequent classes from October to this month for 377 universities, which said that less than half of the classes were held face-to-face as of September.



Of these, about half, 190 schools, exceeded their original plans and said that more than half of all classes were conducted face-to-face.



Of the remaining 187 schools, less than half of the classes were


face-to-face.


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122 universities answered "30% face-to-face"


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64 universities answered "almost online"

▽ 1 "totally online" It has become.



When asked if the students were satisfied with these universities,


18 schools were "almost all satisfied"

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140 schools were "most satisfied"

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13 schools were "not satisfied with the majority"


▽ "Understood" "Not" became 16 schools.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has announced the class status of the 377 schools that responded, as well as the content of explanations to students and efforts to gain understanding, and from the description of the university, "face-to-face", "remote" and "combination" among students We can see the fact that the hopes are divided, and some universities give priority to face-to-face lessons because first-year students who are not accustomed to college life have many hopes.



On the 23rd, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology issued a notice to the university, considering consideration for first-year students and new students next year, taking sufficient measures against infection, and conducting face-to-face meetings for students who are suitable for face-to-face meetings. I am convinced that I will ask for opportunities to learn.

Physical education classes are also online ...

Some first-year students who rarely attend college want to be able to choose between "face-to-face" and "online" college classes, depending on the situation.



A first-year male student who entered a university in Tokyo this spring and moved to Tokyo from the Hokuriku region and started living alone was expecting classes on campus in the second half, but in the foreign language department he majors in. I couldn't select "face-to-face" and I'm still taking classes online.

Physical education classes are also online, and every day I learn basketball dribbling by watching videos created by the university, "I don't have a ball, and because it's an apartment, I can't do anything because I can't bother the lower floors. I can't do anything even though it's a physical education class. I'm skeptical that it will be recognized as a credit without moving. "



It is said that there are few opportunities to meet people. "There were times when I didn't meet acquaintances for about two weeks. I wanted to meet various people, come into contact with various values, and broaden my horizons. It's far from my student life, "he said.



Currently, I participate in student groups requesting the resumption of face-to-face classes, make requests to the national and local governments, and disseminate information on the Internet.



At the online meeting held in November, the members said, "What should I do if the infection spreads and I will focus on online next year?" "I have a friend who quit college due to continued online classes, but I also want to reconsider my career path. I was worried one after another.



A male student said, "I want students who want face-to-face lessons to be able to attend college, and because the infection is spreading, I want the college side to make options so that students who want online lessons can take it remotely." I was talking.

Unexpected economic burden

Some first-year parents complain that they are overwhelmed by the rent payments and additional financial burdens for non-living rooms.



A mother in her 40s in Osaka, whose son entered a university in Tokyo and is studying architecture, moved to Tokyo with her son this spring and rented a room for living alone.



However, when the state of emergency was declared, the university became an online class, and my son began to take classes from his home in Osaka.



The mother recalled the situation at that time, saying, "My son was doing construction training all night at home, which he seemed to be busy with."



On the other hand, the room I rented in Tokyo continued to pay a monthly rent of 70,000 yen in preparation for the resumption of face-to-face classes.



Only in the second half of the year, when I heard that the meeting would resume, my son moved to Tokyo, but in the end, only four times in half a year, almost all of them remained online.



It is said that materials for construction training that would normally be stored at the university continued to be sent, and the rent was forced to move to a large room that was 10,000 yen higher a month, and the cost of moving in was an additional 300,000 yen.



The mother said, "I sometimes feel financially distressed, and I don't think that I haven't taken the classes that I should have taken, such as practical training, especially in science, and I don't think it's worth the high tuition fees." ..



On top of that, thinking of my son who is exhausted from online lessons alone in Tokyo, he cried, "Above all, it is more mentally painful than financially. I live alone for the first time for my son and make more friends and expand the world. I wanted him to do it, but it's a shame that he wasted his time as a freshman in college. "

Continue to search for a university

As the infection spreads again, universities continue to seek new learning, both face-to-face and online.



Doshisha University has taken measures such as wearing masks thoroughly and leaving a space of 1 meter or more between front, back, left and right in the classroom, and has been resuming face-to-face lessons from the second half of the year, so it is not the subject of this survey. Hmm.



Even so, we are increasing the number of online lessons for a large number of lessons because it is difficult to manage the classroom and the infection is spreading, and initially we aimed for 70% face-to-face, but now about half of the lessons are mainly for first graders. Is said to be carried out face-to-face.

Regarding the difficulty of infection control that many universities have, President Tomoko Ueki of Doshisha University said, "The university is most afraid of clusters. It is very difficult to avoid 3 dense clusters, and it is very difficult to move between classrooms. There are activities such as circles and circles, and unlike elementary and junior high schools, universities cannot control student behavior, so I think many universities hesitate. "



On the other hand, he said that student support is necessary, "We divide the number of first-year students who are still unfamiliar with college life as much as possible and give them face-to-face, and also introduce mental care." ..



On top of that, "When heated discussions are required, we give priority to face-to-face meetings and consider rational consideration for students who cannot come to university due to underlying illnesses, etc., and are thinking of ways to deepen their learning. In some cases, the effects of learning and education will increase, and teachers will have the opportunity to review their own lessons, so I think that universities across the country are looking for new forms of learning. " He pointed out that the utilization of both is indispensable.