Leading HRD project toward realizing Society 5.0

Support Project for Building the WWL (Worldwide Learning) Consortium
As a leading project for fostering creative and globally‐minded human resources who will lead the way for the realization of Society
5.0 and achievement of the SDGs, the WWL Consortium promotes high school/university articulation reforms through reforms in highOverview school education and mechanisms allowing high school students to take courses at universities. These reforms enable students toacquire cross‐cutting knowledge in the humanities and sciences and engage in exploratory learning aimed at solving social issues, allin collaboration with domestic and overseas universities.
Visualization of Advanced
A High SchoolCollaborating The WWL Consortium project develops curriculum promoting exploratory
Learning (AL) Networkschoollearning for high school students aimed at solving global social issues
through fieldwork overseas in collaboration between high schools anduniversities, companies, international organizations and others.
The Project also develops curriculum that makes full use of the global‐scale,fertile online environment for learning, including online overseas
fieldwork with high school and university students in countries thatJapanese students have been unable to visit up to now.
The Project develops learning programs and courses in advanced anddiverse subjects that enable students to receive university education(through the curriculum development) in collaboration with universities
and other institutions.
The Project also builds optimal learning environments for each individual
through links among hub schools and relevant organizations in order toprovide advanced learning opportunities to high school students who desirethem.
Mini‐forums are also held for high schools that are interested in fosteringcreative and globally‐minded students to share the results of their
exploratory learning initiatives for addressing social issues.

TargetschoolsNational, public, private high schools and combined
junior and senior high schools

No. ofdesignated o Curriculum development: 13 schools (11 continuing and 2 newschools)
schools ando Building optimally individualized learning environments: 7 schools(5designatedcontinuing and 2 new schools)
periods

AL Network
Creation of networks among overseas
and domestic high schools enabling theProject to function effectively throughconducting of overseas fieldwork andholding of international conferences.

Domesticuniversities

B High School
Collaborating
schoolOverseas
universities

NGOs

Companies

Managingorganizations

A overseas
collaborating
schoolInternationalorganizations

Managing organizations
Assignment of personnel fordeveloping curriculum(curriculum advisors), tie‐ups
with between high schools andpartner organizations

C High School
Collaborating
schoolHigh schools
Curriculum
development
hub schools

B overseas
collaborating
schoolWWL Consortium
An advanced learning network comprising 50 schools nationwide will becreated to provide advanced learning opportunities to high school students
going beyond individual high school and national borders, leading to thebuilding of the WWL consortium.
Commissioned Managing organizations: prefectural and municipal boards ofparties
education, national and public universities, schools, etc.
o Expenses for curriculum development(Overseas training travel expenses, honorariums, rental expenses, international
Commissioned conference expenses, etc.)
expenseso Expenses for building optimally individualized learning environments(Liaison travel expenses, honorariums, website building costs, committee
expenses, etc.)