High School Enrollment Support

High School Supplemental Scholarship Fund

 High School Supplemental Scholarship Fund is a grant established in FY2014 in response to the enforcement of partial revisions of the Act on Free Tuition Fee at Public High Schools and the High School Tuition Support Fund on the April 1st ,2014.

Goals

 The national government subsidizes a portion of the costs of high school scholarship programs conducted by prefectural governments. High School Supplemental Scholarship Fund aims to reduce the financial burden of educational costs other than tuition to secure students’ equal access to education.

Outline

 The program aims to enable all aspiring high school students to devote themselves to learning by reducing the burden of educational costs incurred aside from tuition, by providing financial support to high school students from lower-income households. The standards for receiving subsidies are as follows.

※Requirements and procedure are different, depending on the prefecture. Please contact the prefectural office for further details.

※Educational expenses aside from tuition includes: textbook and educational materials, school supplies, transportation costs, extracurricular activity expenses, student council fees, PTA fees and necessary school supplies upon school enrollment, etc.

○Households on welfare (Full time / correspondence course)

・Students attending national/public high school: 32,300 yen per year
・Students attending private high school: 52,600 yen per year

○Households waived from paying municipal tax (Full time course) (First child)

・Students attending national/public high school: 59,500 yen per year
・Students attending private high school: 67,200 yen per year

○Households waived from paying municipal tax (Full time course) (Second child and after)

・Students attending national/public high school: 129,700 yen per year
・Students attending private high school: 138,000 yen per year

○Households waived from paying municipal tax (correspondence course)

・Students attending national/public high school: 36,500 yen per year
・Students attending private high school: 38,100 yen per year

Links:
Contact List for High School Supplemental Scholarship Fund (Link to Japanese HP)
High School Supplemental Scholarship Fund Leaflet(in Japanese only)


(Office for Financial Support in Upper Secondary Education, Financial Affairs Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau)