On the 28th, a youth group made a proposal to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, calling for "in-school democracy" in which children participate in school management such as revision of school rules and reflect their opinions.
The proposal was made at the Japan Youth Council, which is mainly active by high school students and university students in order to promote youth political participation. On the 28th, a press conference was held after issuing a proposal to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. did.
Among them, we introduced the results of a questionnaire conducted on the Internet last November, and 70% of the approximately 780 young people who answered the question "Do you think children and students will raise their voices and change schools?" He explained that the answer was negative, such as "I don't think so."
And, in the proposal, one of the factors that keeps young people from politics is that schools are not a place to practice democracy that respects the opinions of students, and their motivation for social participation is not cultivated. As a result, we called for the realization of “school democracy”.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is encouraged by the Board of Education and the school to clarify the process of revising the school rules, children are also involved in school management, and teachers are working to secure time to face the children. It means that he made a proposal to improve the situation.
Yuki Murohashi, the representative director of the organization and attending a graduate school in Tokyo, said, "I think there is a situation in which familiar schools cannot be changed by their own voice in front of a large society. Children are with teachers and parents. Discussing on an equal footing is important for sovereign education, as it also allows us to experience coordination with people of different ages and values. "