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PART Issues and Developments of Policies in Education, Science and Culture

The governmental subsidies for the current expenses of private institutions of higher education have achieved their objectives to a certain extent. The present distribution policy emphasizes special subsidies given to unique education and research programs in demand in society. A system of rated distribution of subsidies is employed in accordance with each institution's efforts for the improvement and development of conditions of education and research, thus encouraging their improvement. In FY 1989, the subsidy amounted to \ 248.7 billion, an increase of \ 3.3 billion from the previous fiscal year. Subsidies have also been granted to private universities and graduate schools for large installations for education and research and other equipment for research and information processing. In FY 1989,these amounted to \ 9.8 billion, an increase of \ 1 billion from the previous fiscal year.