In an effort to secure talented people to become teachers, the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education has decided to set up a system that will cover all scholarship repayments for university and junior college students hired as teachers. This is the first support system in the country that covers the entire amount.
In the teacher recruitment examination jointly conducted by the Chiba Prefecture and Chiba City Boards of Education, there were approximately 5,000 applicants this year, 2,700 fewer than 10 years ago, and securing human resources has become an issue. I am.
For this reason, the prefectural Board of Education has decided to introduce a system starting from the new academic year in which teachers will be fully responsible for repaying the Japan Student Services Organization's Type 1 Scholarship, which is available to students with excellent grades, up to a maximum of approximately 3 million yen. I decided to start.
The Board of Education will pay on your behalf.
Target students are university and junior college students who will be hired as teachers at elementary and junior high schools within the prefecture, excluding Chiba City, between the new academic year and 2029. They must apply to the prefectural board of education and pass a screening process while still a student. .
After being hired, the condition is to work for 11 years.
According to the Prefectural Board of Education, this is the first system in the country to cover the entire repayment of teachers' scholarships.
Ayumu Murata, director of the Chiba Prefecture Education Agency's Faculty Affairs Division, said, ``We want to support students aiming to become teachers so that they can study with peace of mind, and we want to attract people who have a strong desire to continue as teachers.''