As the development of terminals such as personal computers for each person progresses at elementary and junior high schools nationwide, the government has decided to lend terminals to students in low-income households so that students can study in the same environment even in high school. We will include the necessary expenses in the third supplementary budget for this year.
As the number of online lessons increases due to the effects of the new coronavirus, the government is proceeding with a plan to install a personal computer and tablet terminal for each elementary and junior high school student nationwide by the end of this year.
On the other hand, for high school students, for example, in the case of public high schools, while some local governments promote the maintenance of terminals for each person with their own financial resources, some local governments require them to purchase terminals at their own expense, and the maintenance status varies depending on the region. I am.
For this reason, the government has decided to lend terminals to students in low-income households, including private high schools, so that high schools can study in the same environment as elementary and junior high schools.
We also rent out routers to connect to the Internet at home if necessary.
In addition, at technical high schools and commercial high schools, there are many opportunities to practice programming to operate computers and market simulations, so we plan to develop terminals with higher performance.
The government has decided to include approximately 50 billion yen in the third supplementary budget for this year as the cost required for these efforts.