Controversy Surrounding Aichi’s ‘Prefectural Day School Holiday’ in Nagoya: Latest news from Tokai

2023-09-25 12:08:00

Aichi’s “Prefectural Day School Holiday” is a weekday holiday in November. Nagoya City suddenly canceled its participation due to Mayor Kawamura’s opposition, but Superintendent Tomohiro Tsubota announced at a city council committee meeting on the 25th that elementary and junior high schools would be closed on November 24th as the prefectural day school holiday. was shown.

Regarding the prefectural day school holiday that Aichi Prefecture called for, Nagoya City initially planned to “participate in the system and take November 24th as a holiday,” but due to opposition from Mayor Kawamura, they decided not to participate. The plan was to keep the day off and then give it a different name for the day when schools would be closed.

However, the City Board of Education changed its policy once again after some city councilors criticized the plan, saying, “The mayor was using his political power to intervene in education.”

Mayor of Nagoya Kawamura:
“This is an unbelievable situation, a truly abnormal situation.It is very unfortunate that they chose to simply comply with what the prefecture told them to do.This is an acknowledgment of the prefecture’s political interference. ”

The City Board of Education has set a blank slate for 2024 and beyond.

[Watch the video]Announcement of participation → cancellation → ended up participating… Nagoya City will participate in Aichi Prefecture’s “Prefectural Day School Holiday” with “November 24th as a holiday”

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