In order to strengthen higher education, the schedule of reforms compiled by the government has been clarified, and for universities and technical colleges that are working on reorganizing their faculties to develop human resources in science and engineering who will be responsible for growth fields such as digital and green. has stated that it will start providing support from the next fiscal year.
After the government's Council for Creating the Future of Education, which had been examining the state of higher education, had previously compiled a proposal, the government formulated a timetable that included a concrete reform schedule.
As a result, starting next fiscal year, 2023, universities and colleges of technology that are reorganizing their faculties and collaborating with other schools to develop human resources in science and engineering that will play a role in growth fields such as digital and green will be provided with equipment maintenance costs. I will support you.
In addition, in order to promote the reorganization of faculties, it is said that from the next fiscal year, the currently required number of teachers and the size of school buildings will be deregulated.
In addition, in order to enable university students to receive education regardless of their family's financial situation, we will introduce a system that allows university students to receive grant-type scholarships and reductions in tuition fees from the year after the next fiscal year, 2024. In addition to expanding the target to university students and science students in households, we will introduce a "success payment" mechanism that can flexibly return scholarships in consideration of income after graduating from university from the year after next.