The Gifu Prefectural Board of Education has put together a plan to consolidate club activities of prefectural high schools and reduce the number of club activities by 20% from the present by the 5th year of Reiwa in order to reduce the burden on teachers by reforming work styles. I understand.
While it has been pointed out that the guidance of club activities contributes to the long working hours of teachers, the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education said that it is necessary to streamline club activities to reduce the burden, and it is a full-time prefectural high school. We have conducted a survey of all 61 schools.
As a result, it was found that from this year to the next year, club activities with a small number of members were gradually consolidated and abolished, and the number of club activities was reduced by 259, which is 19% from the current 1363, to 1104. I did.
Looking at the breakdown, in
▽ "exercise", 758 decreased by 14% to 651, and in
▽ "cultural", 605 decreased by 25% to 453.
While there are opinions from each high school that they accept the consolidation and abolition, such as "By promoting the prefectural board of education, we can proceed with the consolidation without feeling unfair for each school," but "I cannot get the understanding of students and parents. There are also negative opinions such as "It is unlikely that long working hours will decrease even if club activities are reduced."
The prefectural board of education has a policy of proceeding with consolidation while exchanging opinions with each high school, and Ikuyasu Yamada, chief of the education management section of the prefectural board of education, said, "We will streamline the number of club activities and provide guidance with multiple teachers. I want to put in place a system so that the burden on specific teachers is not concentrated. I want to listen to the voices of students and parents and make the plan concrete. "