Introduction

Chapter 1: High School Reform and Other Trends

1. Background

1. The social situation concerning upper secondary school education
2. The role and nature of upper secondary schools, as reaffirmed by the COVID-19 pandemic

2. Recent trends in education

1. High school reform for the new era
2. Steady implementation of the new Courses of Study - Improvement of teaching for more active, interactive, and deep learning
3. The direction of educational reform in line with "Japanese-style school education in Reiwa"
4. Developing the ICT environment as a fundamental tool for school education
5. Strengthening school organization to work as a team, and work-style reform at all schools
6. Cooperation and collaboration between schools and local communities
7. Building an inclusive education system

3. The current situation concerning school facilities as public facilities

1. Responding to increasingly severe and frequent disasters
2. Promoting disaster prevention, disaster mitigation, and building national resilience with the aim of creating safe and secure environments
3. Dealing with decaying infrastructures based on the Basic Plan for Infrastructure Longevity, etc.
4. Responding to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and realizing a decarbonized society

Chapter 2: The future of high school facilities

1. Development of facilities to promote distinctive and attractive high schools

1. Facility planning based on educational objectives and management policies
2. Facility planning based on high school reform
3. Consideration of school types such as school categories and courses

1. Facilities to support students’ active learning

1. Facilities that contribute to the improvement of classes for active, interactive, and deep learning
2. Improving learning environments as part of curriculum management
3. Supporting individual subjects and cross-curricular learning

1. Development of facilities to support global education and learning with ICT

1. Facilities that can flexibly provide suitable environments in line with current trends
2. An ICT environment that fosters creativity
3. Facilities to support global education

1. Maintaining safe, spacious, and comfortable facilities

1. Responding to changes in the qualities required by the public for school facilities
2. Strengthening disaster prevention functions
3. Building an inclusive education system and supporting the diversity of students
4. Improving schools as workplaces for teachers and staff   

1. Development of school facilities considering their role as a place for life-long education and local human resource development as well as community development

1. Promotion of school management with the participation of a diverse range of people
2. Development of facilities as a regional hub

Chapter 3: Proposed Revision of the Guidelines for the Development of High School Facilities

1. History of the High School Facilities Development Guidelines

2. Main points of the proposed revision of the High School Facilities Development Guidelines

3. Proposed Revision of the Guidelines for the Development of High School Facilities

4. Measures to promote the development of high school facilities