## achievement Target

## Provision of learning opportunities for all who are motivated

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Decrease in the influence of differences in household economic condition on academic achievement

Increase in the percentage of students who successfully receive scholarship loans among those who apply and meet the standards

Increasing the percentage of students from low-income households who receive tuition and enrollment fees support

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Promotion of efforts for free early childhood education

Promotion of financial support for upper secondary school students from low income households

Regarding the interest-free scholarship loan program, consideration of a transition to the new repayment system determined annually according to post-graduation income, and reviewing the rate of delinquent charge

Provide more opportunities for children and young people, who face difficulties and setbacks, to gain reeducation

(Millions of JPY) Total costs from kindergarten to university education

## Provision of safe and secure educational and research environments

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The completion of earthquake resistance of public school facilities by 2015

Making child fatalities zero and decreasing student injuries in accidents, disasters, and other incidents under the supervision of schools

Earthquake resistance rate of public school facilities

Source: MEXT, Survey on Refurbishment of the Earthquake Resistance of Public School Facilities 2013-14

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 (Age (years))

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Statistics Bureau, Family Income and Expenditure Survey 2011

MEXT, Survey of Household Expenditure on Education per Student 2012

Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), Survey on Student Life 2012

## Sources:

Note 1: The ratio of the burden of educational costs to indicate in red.

Note 2: The burden of educational costs means as follows:

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• Kindergarten - total educational cost of private kindergarten

• Elementary and secondary (lower and upper) school - total educational cost of public school (sum of cost for schooling, school lunch and activities outside school)

• University - educational cost of private university for full-time students (including tuition fee, other payments to the university, cost for extracurricular activities and commuting cost/not including accommodation fees)

Seeking to strengthen the earthquake resistance of school facilities and disaster protection functions, including earthquake resistance measures for nonstructural members, and pursuing countermeasures against deterioration

Note 3: These figures of dispensable income target on households with two or more workers, and are equivalent annual income on the basis of monthly by householder's age class. The figure of age 55 is average income from age 55 to 59.

Promotion of school safety education including disaster prevention education

# Building bonds and establishing vibrant communities: A virtuous circle where society nurtures people, and people create society

## Achievement Target

## Establishment of vibrant communities through support and cooperation

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Building a system of organizational coordination and act in concert within administrative office, schools and communities in all school districts

Transitioning 10% of all public elementary and lower secondary schools (approximately 3,000 schools) to community schools (School Management Council System)

☑ Enhancing support for education at home (e.g., increasing the number of support team for home education)

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● Dissemination of community schools and the School Support Regional Headquarters

Promotion of the Center of Community (COC) framework in university

Strength of home education support and practices for enhancing learning of parents who are primary responsible for their children’s education

Source: Survey by MEXT

Source: Survey by MEXT, conducted as a “Promotion Program for Educational Supporting Activities with Collaboration of School, Family and Local Community” (As of August 1, 2013)

## Establishment of environments for the Four Basic Policy Directions

## Drastic reform of the boards of education

e.g., consideration of drastic reform for establishing a system of accountability in the board of education

Establishment of an educational staff guidance system for detailed and high quality education

e.g., promotion of class size reduction, and enhancement of achievement-based teaching and specialized instruction in elementary schools

## Enhancement of university governance

e.g., establishment of organizational management for allowing proper decision making by exercising the university president's leadership

Enhancement of university's financial base and improvement of facilities in universities

e.g., enhancement of financial base, such as expenses grants for national universities and private educational institute aid, and distribution of funds in a clearer and more balanced way

## Promotion of private schools

e.g., enhancement and promotion of public financial supports, including foundational expenses, and other measures, as well as reduction of educational financial burden for students, etc.

Strengthening of the system for promoting social education

e.g., support for advanced local public organizations that are making efforts to resolve community issues with cooperation between social education public administration and various entities

* In addition, efforts of recovery and reconstruction assistance for the Great East Japan Earthquake are also described in every Four Basic Directions.