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MEXT E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
37th issue：January 13th, 2022
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（1）The final report of the Advisory Committee on the Health and Hygiene Environment in Schools for Foreign Students
The 8th meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Health and Hygiene Environment in Schools for Foreign Students was held on December 2021, and the final report has been compiled.
The final report has been posted on the website. Please click the following link.
The final report (in only Japanese for now, and the English version will be posted in due course.)
https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/kokusai/mext_00001.html
（2）The revised Basic Policies for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control
The Prime Minister of Japan has announced that the Priority Preventative Measures has been adopted for Hiroshima, Yamaguchi and Okinawa Prefectures during the period from January 9 until January 31.
In accordance with the above, the Basic Policies for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control have been revised.
The countermeasures against COVID-19 at schools that are stipulated in the revised Basic Policies, as the attached document, have not changed.
We kindly share this with you because it could be utilized as a reference for your consideration on your responses to COVID-19.
・Attached file (Only in Japanese)
(3) Others
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文部科学省大臣官房国際課
「外国人学校・インターナショナルスクール メールマガジン」担当
E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
International Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, MEXT
Tel：03-5253-4111（Ex. 3222） E-mail：gaikokuzingakkou@mext.go.jp
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