Silviase/jgov_v1.4_full_ann huggingface dataset:
## インフルエンザ定点当たり報告数推移

区分	41週	42週	43週	44週	45週
10/8-10/14	10/15-10/21	10/22-10/28	10/29-11/4	11/5-11/11
総 数	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.11
北 海 道	0.01	-	0.01	0.10	0.02
青 森 県	-	-	-	0.02	-
岩 手 県	-	-	-	-	-
宮 城 県	-	-	-	0.01	0.03
秋 田 県	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.05	0.07
山 形 県	-	-	-	-	-
福 島 県	-	0.04	0.08	0.10	0.49
茨 城 県	0.08	0.03	-	0.03	0.05
栃 木 県	-	-	-	0.04	0.13
群 馬 県	-	-	0.06	0.05	0.05
埼 玉 県	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.07	0.21
千 葉 県	0.03	0.04	0.07	0.07	0.11
東 京 都	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.09
神 奈 川 県	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.06
新 潟 県	-	-	-	0.11	0.08
富 山 県	0.04	0.08	0.02	0.04	-
石 川 県	-	0.06	0.06	-	-
福 井 県	-	0.06	-	0.03	0.16
山 梨 県	-	0.03	-	0.05	-
長 野 県	-	0.01	-	0.01	0.02
岐 阜 県	0.09	0.17	0.21	0.23	0.28
静岡 県	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.09	0.11
愛知 県	0.02	0.01	0.06	0.03	0.05
三重 県	0.04	0.08	0.08	0.03	0.06
滋賀 県	0.11	0.19	0.36	0.08	0.06
京都 府	0.02	-	0.02	0.03	0.02
大阪 府	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.06
兵庫 県	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.01
奈良 県	-	-	0.02	-	0.02
和歌 山 県	-	-	-	-	0.04
鳥取 県	-	-	-	-	-
島根 県	-	-	-	-	0.08
岡山 県	-	-	-	0.01	0.08
広島 県	-	-	0.02	0.03	0.03
山口 県	0.03	0.01	-	0.01	0.04
徳島 県	-	-	-	-	-
香川 県	-	-	0.02	0.02	0.02
愛媛 県	-	-	0.02	0.03	0.08
高知 県	0.04	-	0.04	0.04	0.06
福岡 県	0.04	0.02	0.06	0.02	0.16
佐賀 県	0.36	0.08	1.18	0.79	1.13
長崎 県	-	0.01	-	-	0.01
熊本 県	-	0.13	0.01	0.08	0.03
大分 県	-	-	0.03	-	-
宮崎 県	-	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
鹿児島 県	0.11	0.15	0.01	0.01	0.01
沖縄 県	2.74	1.81	1.88	2.21	2.21
## インフルエンザ様疾患発生報告（第10報）

本調査は、保育所、幼稚園、小学校、中学校、高等学校において休校、学年閉鎖、学級閉鎖があった場合に、その施設数を計上するとともに、当該措置を取る直前の学校、学年、学級における在籍者数、患者数、欠席者数を計上するものである。

今週 H24.11.5 - H24.11.11

(第45週)

累計 H24.9.3-H24.11.11

施設数	休校数	学年開鎖学校数	学級開鎖学校数	在籍者数	患者数	うち欠席者数	初 発年月日	ウイルス分離状況
今週	累計	今週	累計	今週	累計	今週	累計	今週	累計	今週	累計	今週	累計	AH1pdm09	A香港	B型
北海道	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	7	21	6	12	4	10	H24.10.9
青森県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
岩手県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
宮城県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
秋田県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
山形県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
福島県	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	32	80	6	17	6	17	H24.10.31
茨城県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
栃木県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
群馬県	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50	0	13	0	10	H24.9.12
埼玉県	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	74	74	38	38	16	16	H24.11.7
千葉県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
東京都	1	9	0	1	0	1	1	7	21	842	7	139	6	90	H24.9.5
神奈川県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
新潟県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
富山県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
石川県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
福井県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
山梨県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
長野県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
岐阜県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
静岡県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
愛知県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
三重県	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	199	0	23	0	17	H24.10.15
滋賀県	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	23	215	6	60	2	41	H24.9.25	H24.9.27
京都府	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
大阪府	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
兵庫県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
奈良県	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	87	0	38	0	35	H24.9.11	H24.9.12
和歌山県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
鳥取県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
島根県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
岡山県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
広島県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
山口県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
徳島県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
香川県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
愛媛県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
高知県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
福岡県	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	34	0	20	0	16	H24.9.4	H24.9.10
佐賀県	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	67	0	31	0	31	H24.10.21	H24.10.23
長崎県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
熊本県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
大分県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
宮崎県	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
鹿児島県	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	0	4	0	4	H24.9.4	H24.9.5
沖縄県	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	333	0	84	0	84	H24.9.3	H24.9.7
別	札幌市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
仙台市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
さいたま市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
千葉市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
川崎市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
横浜市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
相模原市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
新潟市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
静岡市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
浜松市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
名古屋市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
京都市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
大阪市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
堺市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
神戸市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
岡山市	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	44	44	12	12	12	12	H24.11.6	H24.11.7
広島市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
北九州市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
福岡市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
熊本市	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
計	8	43	0	2	1	5	7	36	201	2,112	75	491	46	383
昨年同期	7	0	1	6	286	62	59	(H23.11.7 - H23.11.13)

注：累計は前報までの修正数を含む。 "…"は「計数不明」を示す。
インフルエンザ様疾患発生報告における施設数の推移

(平成24年9月～)

報告週	報告期間	休校	学年閉鎖	学級閉鎖	施設数合計
第1報	第36週	H24.9.3 ～ H24.9.9	1	0	4	5
第2報	第37週	H24.9.10 ～ H24.9.16	1	0	7	8
第3報	第38週	H24.9.17 ～ H24.9.23	0	0	1	1
第4報	第39週	H24.9.24 ～ H24.9.30	0	0	5	5
第5報	第40週	H24.10.1 ～ H24.10.7	0	1	1	2
第6報	第41週	H24.10.8 ～ H24.10.14	0	1	0	1
第7報	第42週	H24.10.15 ～ H24.10.21	0	1	3	4
第8報	第43週	H24.10.22 ～ H24.10.28	0	0	4	4
第9報	第44週	H24.10.29 ～ H24.11.4	0	1	2	3
第10報	第45週	H24.11.5 ～ H24.11.11	0	1	7	8
第11報	第46週	H24.11.12 ～ H24.11.18
第12報	第47週	H24.11.19 ～ H24.11.25
第13報	第48週	H24.11.26 ～ H24.12.2
第14報	第49週	H24.12.3 ～ H24.12.9
第15報	第50週	H24.12.10 ～ H24.12.16
第16報	第51週	H24.12.17 ～ H24.12.23
第17報	第52週	H24.12.24 ～ H24.12.30
第18報	第1週	H24.12.31 ～ H25.1.6
第19報	第2週	H25.1.7 ～ H25.1.13
第20報	第3週	H25.1.14 ～ H25.1.20
第21報	第4週	H25.1.21 ～ H25.1.27
第22報	第5週	H25.1.28 ～ H25.2.3
第23報	第6週	H25.2.4 ～ H25.2.10
第24報	第7週	H25.2.11 ～ H25.2.17
第25報	第8週	H25.2.18 ～ H25.2.24
第26報	第9週	H25.2.25 ～ H25.3.3
第27報	第10週	H25.3.4 ～ H25.3.10
第28報	第11週	H25.3.11 ～ H25.3.17
第29報	第12週	H25.3.18 ～ H25.3.24

2. 休業施設数施設別内訳(第10報)

合計：8施設

保育所	幼稚園	小学校	中学校	高等学校	その他
施設数	0	0	4	1	3	0
# インフルエンザによる入院患者の概況(45週)

平成24年11月14日時点

(1) 入院患者の届出数

期間	10月8日
～10月14日	10月15日
～10月21日	10月22日
～10月28日	10月29日
～11月4日	11月5日
～11月11日	9月	10月	11月	計※1
入院患者数※1	6人	5人	5人	10人	8人	53人	33人	8人	94人
年齡別內訳	1歳未満	0人	0人	2人	1人	1人	2人	3人	1人	6人
1～4歳	1人	2人	1人	1人	0人	8人	6人	0人	14人
5～9歳	0人	0人	0人	0人	0人	1人	0人	0人	1人
10～14歳	1人	0人	0人	1人	1人	2人	2人	1人	5人
15～19歳	0人	0人	0人	0人	0人	2人	1人	0人	3人
20～29歳	0人	0人	0人	0人	0人	1人	0人	0人	1人
30～39歳	0人	0人	1人	1人	0人	1人	2人	0人	3人
40～49歳	0人	0人	0人	0人	0人	0人	0人	0人	0人
50～59歳	0人	0人	0人	1人	0人	4人	1人	0人	5人
60～69歳	0人	0人	0人	0人	2人	4人	2人	2人	8人
70～79歳	1人	1人	1人	1人	2人	11人	5人	2人	18人
80歳以上	3人	2人	0人	4人	2人	17人	11人	2人	30人

## (2) 入院時の状況

期間	10月8日
～10月14日	10月15日
～10月21日	10月22日
～10月28日	10月29日
～11月4日	11月5日
～11月11日	9月	10月	11月	計※2
ICU入室	0人	0人	0人	0人	1人	2人	0人	1人	3人
人工呼吸器の利用	0人	0人	0人	0人	0人	2人	0人	0人	2人
頭部CT検査、頭部MRI検査、
脑波検査のいずれかの実施
(予定含む)	3人	2人	0人	2人	2人	3人	7人	2人	12人
いずれにも該当せず	3人	3人	5人	8人	5人	47人	26人	5人	78人
計※2
(一部重複あり)	6人	5人	5人	10人	8人	54人	33人	8人	95人

(3) 入院時の状況と年齢別内訳の累計

年齢	1歳未満	1～4歳	5～9歳	10～14歳	15～19歳	20～29歳	30～39歳	40～49歳	50～59歳	60～69歳	70～79歳	80歳以上	計※2
ICU入室	0人	0人	0人	0人	1人	0人	0人	0人	0人	2人	0人	0人	3人
人工呼吸器の利用	0人	0人	0人	0人	1人	0人	0人	0人	0人	0人	1人	0人	2人
頭部CT検査、頭部MRI検査、
脳波検査のいずれかの実施
(予定含む)	0人	1人	0人	1人	0人	0人	1人	0人	0人	0人	2人	7人	12人
いずれにも該当せず	6人	13人	1人	4人	2人	1人	2人	0人	5人	6人	15人	23人	78人
計※2
(一部重複あり)	6人	14人	1人	5人	4人	1人	3人	0人	5人	8人	18人	30人	95人

※1 基幹定点医療機関(約500カ所)からのインフルエンザによる入院患者の届出数

※2 平成24年9月3日以降に入院した各患者の累計数(入院日を登録)
# White Paper on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Promoting Educational Reforms Based on the Revised Basic Act on Education / Reform of Elementary and Secondary Education to Usher in a New Era of Education

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

Japan
## Contents

Chapter 1 Promoting Educational Reforms Based on the Revised Basic Act on Education ..... 5
Section 1 Revision of the Basic Act on Education ..... 6
1 Current Situation Surrounding Education ..... 6
2 Establishment of the Revised Basic Act on Education ..... 6
Section 2 Revisions to the Three Laws on Education ..... 7
(1) Revised content in the School Education Law, etc. ..... 7
(2) Revised content in the Law Concerning Organization and Functions of Local Education ..... 7
(3) Revised content in the Education Personnel Certification Law and the Special Law for Education Officials ..... 7
Section 3 Promoting Educational Reforms ..... 11
1 Major Progress made in Educational Reforms ..... 11
(1) Improvement of academic capabilities ..... 11
(2) Fostering spiritual wealth ..... 11
(3) Ensuring superior teachers ..... 11
(4) Strengthening the organization and management systems of boards of education and schools ..... 11
(5) Strengthening university education ..... 11
(6) Improving educational functions of the family and of the community ..... 12
(7) Reducing educational costs ..... 12
2 Recent discussions at the Central Council for Education ..... 14
(1) Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education ..... 14
(2) Lifelong learning ..... 14
(3) Primary and secondary education ..... 15
(4) Higher education ..... 15
(5) Sports and youth ..... 15
Section 4 The Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education ..... 15
1 Progress on the Considering the Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education ..... 15
2 Significance of the Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education ..... 16
Chapter 2 Reform of Elementary and Secondary Education to Usher in a New Era of Education ..... 19
Section 1 Cultivating Solid Academic Achievement ..... 20
1 The current state of academic achievement of Japanese children ..... 20
(1) National assessment of academic ability ..... 20
(2) Overview of the national academic achievement assessment ..... 20
(3) Results of the 2007 assessment ..... 21
(4) PISA (OECD Assessment of Student Academic Achievement) 2006 ..... 25
2 Enhancement of efforts aimed at improving solid academic achievement ..... 26
(1) Action plan for improving academic achievement ..... 26
(2) Improvement of conditions for ensuring the quality of education ..... 27
Section 2 Cultivating Richness in Mind and Sound Body ..... 27
1 Current state of children's mental health and physical strength ..... 27
(1) Current state of children's mental health ..... 27
(2) Current state of children's physical strength ..... 28
2 Measures aimed at developing richness in mind and normative consciousness ..... 28
3 Dealing with children's undesirable behavior ..... 29
4 Measures aimed at improving children's physical strength ..... 30
Section 3 The Revision of the Courses of Study 31

1 Basic perspectives regarding the revision of the courses of study 31
(1) Circumstances until now 31
(2) Basic perspectives regarding the revision of the courses of study 31
(3) Future plans 32

2 Outline of "Regarding the Revision of Courses of Study for Kindergarten, Elementary School, Lower Secondary School, Upper Secondary School, and Schools for Special Needs Education" (Central Council for Education Report) 32
(1) Goal of education and philosophy of the current courses of study 32
(2) Current conditions for children, causes and background 32
(3) Basic perspectives regarding the revision of the courses of study 33
(4) Primary revision items for educational content 33

3 Specific proposals in "Regarding the Revision of Courses of Study for Kindergarten, Elementary School, Lower Secondary School, Upper Secondary School, and Schools for Special Needs Education" (Central Council for Education Report) 34
(1) Improve kindergarten education 35
(2) Revising the framework of the elementary and lower secondary school curriculum 35
(3) Revising the framework of the upper secondary school curriculum 36
(4) Improvements for Special Needs Education 37

Section 4 Improving the quality of teachers 38

1 Adoption of system for renewing educational personnel certificates 38
(1) Circumstances and goals for the adoption of the system for renewing educational personnel certificates 38
(2) The renewal system design 38
(3) Persons who can attend the certificate renewal course 39
(4) Requirements where extension of the valid period or course completion deadline will be allowed 39
(5) Exemption from completing the renewal course 39
(6) Certificate renewal course 40

2 Measures to deal with teachers with insufficient ability 40

3 Regarding the future of teacher compensation 41

Section 5 Building Schools that Meet People's Trust and Expectations 43

1 Improving boards of education—Promotion of responsible local educational administration—43
(1) Division of roles between national and regional government in educational administration and the importance of the board of education system 43
(2) Amendment of laws concerning the organization and management of local educational administration –Clarifying the structure of responsibility of boards of education and improving this structure—43

2 The new modality of school management–Enhancing schools' effectiveness as organizations—45
(1) Assigning vice-principals and other new administrative positions to schools 45
(2) School adviser system 45
(3) Measures to evaluate schools and information provision 46
(4) Expansion of school discretion 46
(5) Promotion and use of community schools (school management council system) 47

3 Ensuring safe and secure educational environment 49
(1) Creating safe and secure school facilities 49
(2) Ensuring children's safety on and off school grounds (see Part II, Chapter 8, Section 6-3) 49
Topix.....52

Topic 1 Measures to promote lifelong learning to lead the new era.....53

Topic 2 Expansion of the time spent with children among teachers.....54

Topic 3 How each national university corporation has been making efforts after becoming incorporated.....55

Topic 4 Measures for an Urgent Increase of Doctors.....56

Topic 5 Global COE Program.....57

Topic 6 Management improvement support for private universities and junior colleges.....58

Topic 7 Development of a "highly visible research center" –World Premier International Research Center (WPI) Initiative.....60

Topic 8 Creation of iPS cells (induced Pluripotent Stem cells) from human skin cells successful.....61

Topic 9 The First Fundamental Lunar Explorer since the Apollo Program.....62

Topic 10 Nankai Scientific Drilling –In pursuit of a breakthrough in large earthquake occurrence mechanisms-.....63

Topic 11 The Project to support the career choice in sciences for junior/ senior high school girls.....64

Topic 12 Looking towards the Beijing 2008 Olympics.....65

Topic 13 "Measures to protect children's mind and body and to promote the school–wide actions for securing safety" (Central Education Council Report).....66

Topic 14 Exhibition Project commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Japan Media Arts Festival: "Power of Expression, Japan".....67

Topic 15 Report by the Planning and Research Commission within the Subdivision on Cultural Properties of the Council for Cultural Affairs.....68

Topic 16 Preservation measures for the kofun (tumulus) murals.....69

Topic 17 UNDESD: United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.....70

Topic 18 The International Student Policy as a National Strategy.....71

Topic 19 Promotion of information morals education at school to acquire the basic attitude for behaving appropriately in information society.....72

Topic 20 Building school facilities to promote Special Needs Education.....73

Topic 21 Promoting improvement in earthquake resistance of public school facilities.....75

Topic 22 Decentralization reforms.....77

Topic 23 Comprehensive evaluation of intellectual property strategy and the industry–academic–government collaboration system that enable universities to give back the fruits of their research to society.....78

Index.....80
## Promoting Educational Reforms Based on the Revised Basic Act on Education

## Key Points of Chapter 1

In December 2006 the Basic Act on Education was revised for the first time in approximately 60 years, thus clarifying the educational principles needed for this new era. Following this revision, a variety of educational reforms were promoted, starting with the revision of the three laws on education, including the School Education Law. The formulation of the Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education, which is Japan’s first comprehensive plan concerning education, was also promoted.

This chapter will introduce the background to and contents of the revision to the Basic Act on Education in conjunction with various initiatives for educational reform and the state of progress for the formulation of the Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education.
## Section 2 Revisions to the Three Laws on Education

As was mentioned in the previous section, the Basic Act on Education was revised for the first time in some 60 years, and the ideal form that education should adopt in the future and principles to be aimed for were made clear.

Moreover, the first report by the Education Rebuilding Council, entitled “Education Rebuilding by Society as a Whole: First Step toward Rebuilding the Public Education System,” was released in January 2007. The report proposed “revision of the Education Personnel Certification Law,” “revision of the Law Concerning Organization and Functions of Local Education,” and “revision of the School Education Law” as emergency measures.

A report entitled “Revisions to the Educational System Urgently Needed following Revisions to the Basic Act on Education” was compiled by the Central Council for Education on March 10, 2007. Intensive deliberations were conducted over this report based on the numerous deliberations that had been conducted so far, while also making reference to the first report by the Education Rebuilding Council.

Based on this, the so-called “three laws on education” – the Bill for the Partial Revision of the School Education Law, the Bill for the Partial Revision of the Law Concerning Organization and Functions of Local Education, and the Bill for the Partial Revision of the Education Personnel Certification Law and the Special Law for Education Officials – were submitted to the Diet. They were approved and enacted on June 20, 2007 before being promulgated on June 27.

The main revised content for each of the three laws on education are as follows (Figure 1-1-1).

## (1) Revised content in the School Education Law, etc

On the basis of the new educational principles of the Revised Basic Act on Education, new targets for compulsory education were established and the objectives and targets were revised for each level of education from kindergarten to university. Furthermore, schools' abilities with respect to organization was strengthened, enabling them to establish new positions within schools such as vice principals.

## (2) Revised content in the Law Concerning Organization and Functions of Local Education

The responsibilities of the national government and boards of education with respect to education were clarified, and a system in which parents can entrust their children to schools with peace of mind was established.

## (3) Revised content in the Education Personnel Certification Law and the Special Law for Education Officials

A certification renewal system for education personnel was adopted, along with which personnel administration was tightened for teachers with insufficient ability, and a system to establish confidence in teachers was constructed.
## Revised Content for the Three Laws on Education

Revisions to the School Education Law, etc.
(1) Review of the Aims and Objectives for Each Level of Education, etc.
○ Establishes new objectives for compulsory education and revises aims and objectives for each level of education from kindergarten to university on the basis of the new educational principles of the Revised Basic Act on Education.
(Based on the Revised Basic Act on Education, the following items were among those prescribed for compulsory education objectives)
• An attitude of taking part in proactively forming a society based on a normative consciousness and public-mindedness
• A mentality that respects human life and nature and an attitude of contributing to environmental conservation
• An attitude of esteeming tradition and culture and a love for one's country and hometown that nurtures these, as well as an attitude of contributing to the peace and development of the international community while respecting other countries
○ Stipulates kindergarten as being first in terms of the prescribed order by type of school.
(Before the revisions) Elementary school, lower secondary school, upper secondary school, secondary education school, university, college of technology, school for special needs education, kindergarten (After the revisions) Kindergarten, elementary school, lower secondary school, upper secondary school, secondary education school, school for special needs education, university, college of technology
(2) Establishment of Vice Principals and Other New Posts
○ Allows for the establishment of the positions of vice principals (vice directors), senior management teachers, and senior advising teachers at kindergartens, elementary, and lower secondary schools with the aim of establishing organization and management structures and instruction systems at schools.
(Work description for each post)
• Vice principals: Assist the principals and administer school affairs at their behest
• Senior management teachers: Assist the principal and other administrators and organize certain school affairs at their behest, as well as administering matters like the education of children
• Senior advising teachers: Administer the education of children and provide other teachers and similar faculty members with the guidance and advice necessary for improving and enhancing instruction
(3) Improving regulations concerning school evaluations and the provision of information
○ Provides that schools are to strive to improve educational standards by conducting school evaluations and aiming to improve school management based on the results of school evaluations.
○ Provides that schools are to actively provide information related to the state of school management in order to promote cooperation with parents/guardians.
(4) Course certification system at universities, etc.
○ Provides that universities and similar institutions may grant a certificate to the students that have taken special courses (educational programs) targeting working adults and the like.

## (Enforcement date)

• (2) Establishment of New Posts – April 1, 2008

• All others – December 26, 2007
## Revisions to the Education Personnel Certification Law and the Special Law for Education Officials

(1) Introduction of a system for renewing educational personnel certificates (Education Personnel Certification Law)

Period of validity for education personnel certificates

• Sets 10 years as the period of validity for regular and special certificates.

☐ Period of validity for renewal

• Allows for renewals by application when the period of validity for the certificate has concluded.

• Certificate administrators will renew the period of validity for the certificate for persons who have completed a certificate renewal training course.

• In cases where disasters or other unavoidable circumstances have been acknowledged, the period of validity may be extended.

Handling for those who possess a license granted prior to the enactment of the law

• Educational personnel and others who possess a license granted prior to the enactment of the law must receive confirmation that they have completed a certificate renewal training course every 10 years.

• The certificates of people who are unable to complete the training course shall cease to be valid.

## (2) Tightening of personnel administration for teachers with insufficient ability (Special Law for Education Officials)

Identifying and providing training for teachers with insufficient ability, etc.

• The appointing authority will listen to the opinions of educational and medical experts, parents and others, and identify "teachers with insufficient ability."

• The appointing authority must provide training for teachers with insufficient ability.

• Teachers in the midst of training for improvement in teaching ability cannot take certificate renewal training courses (Education Personnel Certification Law).

## ○ Identifying and taking measures when the training has been completed

• When the training has been completed, the appointing authority will listen to the opinions of educational and medical experts, parents and others, and identify the state of improvement for instruction.

• Concerning acknowledgment once the training has been completed, the appointing authority will dismiss or take other necessary measures for teachers with insufficient ability.

(3) Handling the certificates of persons who have been punished with dishonorable discharge (Education Personnel Certification Law)

• When teachers have been dishonorably discharged corresponding to cases of poor service records or cases where they lack the necessary competence for their positions, their certificate shall cease to be valid.

## (Enforcement date)

• Introduction of a system for renewing educational personnel certificates – April 1, 2009

• All others – April 1, 2008