Overseas expatriate children Even if they can return home temporarily, studying is still an issue New Corona April 9 4:31
As the effects of the spread of the new coronavirus are prolonged, it is becoming increasingly important for children of overseas expatriates to return to Japan to study for children.
Many expatriates and their families working abroad return to Japan temporarily to avoid infection at their expatriates, but more than 180 countries or regions, or about 90% of Japan have diplomatic relations, have entered Japan. from the fact that limit, you have to not be making a prospect to return.
Under these circumstances, the Overseas Child Education Promotion Foundation in Minato-ku, Tokyo, which supports the education of children abroad, has received a series of consultations on attending school for children who are temporarily returning to Japan, and established a dedicated window in mid-February. Since then, the number of consultations has exceeded 260 by the 7th.
Consultations include, "What if I want to send my child to a local government school where I will temporarily stay while returning to Japan?" Or "I will transfer my child to a Japanese school and then immediately return to my place of residence. Or "is it sent?
Mika Horie, 40, who had been living in Jakarta, Indonesia since her husband's job, returned to Japan on the 1st of this month with his 6-year-old son and 4-year-old second son. I live in isolation for days.
My eldest son, Shohei, was planning to enroll in a Japanese school in Jakarta this spring, but he wants to attend an elementary school in Osaka Prefecture before returning to Indonesia.
Horie says, "I've been asking several municipalities to accept children. But once I get used to school and friends in Japan, I'm worried about the burden on my children when I return to Jakarta." I am.