NPO survey of more than half of high school students in households with difficult households "examination of abandonment of going on to higher education"

As the infection continues to spread, more than half of the NPOs that support high school students in households with difficult households answered that they "thought to give up going on to school", and the impact on the examination became clear. I did.

Last year, the NPO "Kids Door," which tackles the problem of child poverty, provided scholarships of 30,000 yen to second-year high school students and 50,000 yen to third-year students for households with difficult household budgets. We have announced the results of the survey of users.

Of the 554 people who used it,

83% were single-parent households,

58% were households with an annual income of less than 2 million yen,

and 34% were unemployed or had a significant decrease in

income

due to the spread of infection. ..

When asked how to use the scholarship in the third year of high school, the "examination fee" was the highest at 25%, and even in the free description, there were multiple voices saying that "the examination fee for the university entrance examination, 18,000 yen is a burden". That is.

Regarding the impact of the spread of infection on the examination, parents' income decreased, etc.

▽ "Reduced the number of universities taking the examination"

▽ "I could not attend prep school or cram school"

▽ "I thought about giving up going on to school

More than half of the respondents answered

"

yes

"

.

Yumiko Watanabe, chairman of the NPO "Kids Door", said, "There were many poor households who cut their lives and saved money, saying,'I want you to get out of poverty and make your dreams come true.' , We need to support children in society. "