The government's advisory panel on education submitted its third report to Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday, calling for a drastic increase in public subsidies to national and private universities।
The panel, the Meeting on Education Rebuilding, also recommended a ban on students bringing cell phones to primary and middle schools and reform of the board of education system।
In the report, the panel analyzed the current situation: Universities are dependent largely on private funds such as tuition fees for their operating budgets and because of this they tend to secure students for the sake of stable flow of funds, regardless of their scholastic ability, resulting in the degrading of the quality of students and education।
The panel emphasized the need to greatly beef up public subsidies for national university corporations and private universities।
However, the panel recommended the amount of funds injected into universities should depend on evaluations of the schools and their research programs, saying support and approval of taxpayers are essential।
On reforming the board of education system, the panel proposed that those in charge of personnel matters be hired from the private sector or chosen from among officials in fields not related to education, to avoid personnel affairs at boards of education being conducted on the basis of professional favoritism or personal ties।
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20090210TDY02311.htm
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