The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has a policy to improve the teaching system, such as requesting prefectural governments to submit improvement plans. Hardened.
``Information 1'', which teaches programming etc., will be added to the subjects of the common university entrance exam from 2025, but according to a survey conducted by NHK in January this year, they do not have this license, and teach with a temporary license or special case. With 1,119 high school teachers nationwide, the shortage of specialized teachers has become an issue.
In order to improve this situation, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is asking more than 40 prefectures and ordinance-designated cities where high schools teach without licenses to submit improvement plans by the end of October. .
As specific measures, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has indicated to prefectures that licensed teachers will concurrently serve at multiple high schools, and that teachers who are licensed but teach different subjects should be reviewed. increase.
In addition, as a long-term effort, he also points out the estimation of the number of retirees and the number of recruits, and setting up a forum for consultation with local universities and industries to prepare a support system for classes. .
On the other hand, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is conducting a fact-finding survey on the number of teachers who teach without an information license, and plans to announce the results and future improvement measures soon.