A working group of the government's "Education Future Creation Council", which is considering the ideal way of higher education, was held to encourage the reorganization of universities to develop human resources in growth fields such as digitalization and decarbonization. A draft proposal was presented that included a review of regulations.
Among these, while there is a shortage of advanced human resources to drive growth fields such as digitization and decarbonization, only about 20% of students choose science in high school, and students enroll in science and engineering fields at university. It is pointed out that the ratio of the above is also significantly lower than that of other countries.
On that basis, it is essential to intensively promote efforts to promote the reorganization of universities, etc., and review the regulations such as the number of full-time faculty members and school building area, which are the requirements for establishing a faculty, and make initial investment and continuation necessary for reorganization. We are seeking to support the operation of the university.
In addition, in order to promote education that crosses the humanities and sciences, we will change the situation of dividing courses at an early stage in high school, review the subjects of university entrance examinations, and promote learning of different major fields at the same time. ..
Furthermore, in order to encourage working adults to relearn, we have also incorporated a system that can be used when finding employment or changing jobs by converting the classes and work history that have been taken into data.
The government's "Educational Future Creation Council" will consider expanding the scholarship system for financial support of higher education, and plans to compile recommendations by the end of next month.