In an effort to secure talented people to become teachers, the Chiba Prefecture and Chiba City Boards of Education have decided to establish a system that will cover all scholarship repayments for university and junior college students hired as teachers.
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 prefecture and the Chiba City Board of Education have introduced a system that will cover teachers' repayments up to approximately 3 million yen for the Japan Student Services Organization's Type 1 Scholarship, which is available to students with excellent academic performance. It will start in the new year.
The Board of Education will pay on your behalf.
Target students are university and junior college students who will be employed as teachers at elementary and junior high schools within the prefecture between the new academic year and 2029. Students must apply to the prefecture and Chiba City Board of Education and pass an examination while they are still students. .
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.''