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Education Policy Program
Recent and rapid progress in the decentralization of policy making as well as the emergence of new education policy issues in Japan has left a number of prefectures and municipalities facing the urgent need for their own education policies. This challenge calls for the development of human resources within each of the prefectural/municipal authorities so that officials with relevant and sufficient abilities may plan and implement original education policies to serve specific local needs, while maintaining effective cooperation with local education-related bodies.
This Program has been designed to develop the abilities needed for such policy planning and implementation. In concrete terms, the target abilities fall into the following three categories: 1) the ability to plan original education policies with insight into new issues and need; 2) the ability to implement education policies effectively and efficiently; and 3) the ability to assess and evaluate policy impacts with appropriate academic policy analysis tools.
In addition to these post-graduate educational activities, the Program engages in research, such as policy research projects and seminars/symposia, as well as information activities through the internet. All the Program's activities are planned and carried out with a view to creating an academically stimulating and intriguing environment for students, and to this end, positive partnership and cooperation have been maintained with such relevant entities as the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology, the National Institute for Educational Policy Research, and a number of overseas and domestic universities and research institutes.
Local government employees from boards of education, mayoral departments, and related offices; Staff of educational institutions and organizations
Professional positions in education policy in local governments
Tokyo, Ehime, Kochi, Saga, Saitama,(Pref.), Yokohama-city
See here (Japanese only).
Education Policy Program in brief
Fosters leaders in education policy in local governments
Program Director:
Professor Masahiro Konno
Associate Director:
Professor Kaoru Okamoto
Degree Offered:
Master of Public Policy
Language of Instruction:
Japanese
Program Duration:
1 year
Enrollment:
April
Graduation:
March
Application Deadline:
1) Late October
2) Late January
Application Result Notification:
1) Late November
2) Mid-February
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