PART Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 2 Promotion of Lifelong Learning
2 Development of Infrastructures for Lifelong Learning
(5) Cooperation among Lifelong Learning Facilities
In developing lifelong learning facilities, it is necessary
to consider the following factors: better cooperation among different facilities
for lifelong learning; the dissemination of relevant information among different
facilities for lifelong learning; and the improvement of school facilities for
utilization by community people. With this in view, the Ministry has been providing
financial subsidies to local governments for their programs and services in these
areas. In addition, the Ministry has been subsidizing the construction of "lifelong
learning centers" which are to serve as core community facilities for promoting
lifelong learning activities.
Further, the Ministry has been providing financial subsidies
to municipalities for their programs for developing "lifelong learning networks" in
which facilities for formal and non-formal education and other facilities in
the community will cooper-ate with each other in developing and expanding the
learning opportunities of community people.