PART Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 5. Promotion of Private Educational Institutions
2 Financial Aid of the Government to Private Educational Institutions
(3) Financial Aid to Private Special Training Schools
The Ministry provides private special training schools with
subsidies for the purchase of large scale educational equipment with a view to
improving educational conditions to cope with technological innovations. The
subsidies in this regard for fiscal 1991 totaled 504 million yen, showing an
increase of 10 million yen over the previous year. In addition, the Ministry
provides subsidies for in-service training programs for teachers. Prefectural
governments have also been expanding their financial assistance to these schools
year by year.