From April next year, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has decided to increase the number of faculty and staff by 950 in order to introduce the subject teacher system in the upper grades of elementary school in earnest.
The number of faculty and staff is expected to increase by about 3,800 over the next four years.
Regarding the budget plan for the next fiscal year, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Suematsu will discuss with Minister of Finance Suzuki how to introduce the "subject teacher system" taught by the teacher in charge for each subject in the upper grades of elementary school from April next year. Did.
As a result, it was agreed that the number of faculty and staff will be increased by 950 next year in addition to the original number.
Including faculty and staff who are responding to work style reforms at schools, we will increase the number by 1030.
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, this is expected to increase the number of faculty and staff by about 3,800 over the next four years, which will help reduce the number of hours of classes taught by each faculty member.
At a press conference, Minister Suematsu said, "In order to improve the quality of education and realize work style reforms at schools, it is important to promote a subject teacher system. To realize education that maximizes the potential of children. We will do our best to secure the budget. "