About 60% of high school students across the country, "I do not want to study abroad"

Three days, I found in a survey conducted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science in fiscal 2012, we believe that approximately 60% of high school students across the country with the "I do not want to study abroad." There were many students to worry about the cost of study abroad and language skills. Local governments to support the study of high school students on the one hand doubled. We vehemently support the cost of study abroad and establish a system, or sent to high school study abroad experience, trying to break the inward-looking attitude of the students.

Questionnaire responses were received from approximately 500 000 people out of high school was randomly selected.
When asked "Do you want to study abroad someday", replied "I do not think" is 58%, I was more than "I want to study abroad" (42%). Most "wall of words" reason (multiple answers) (56%), "tough" economic (38%), "foreign relations or friends living in fear," etc. (34%) was noticeable.
"I want to touch on cultural and sporting" foreign "want to make friends with foreigners," "I want to improve the language skills" (61%), while most (55%), that I'd like to do to study abroad (51%) There were many.
Municipality is making efforts to support students. There was a support system in FY 12 prefectures in 39, I was about 2-fold increase compared to fiscal 2011. In addition to support the cost of studying abroad, you can open a forum to provide information on study abroad, inviting foreign high school students are provided the opportunity to feel closer to the world.
Further, when the ministry was studying in year 11 to study about the situation of the country, such as high school students who studied more than 3257 people in the months March, it was the same level as in fiscal 2008. Study period is 6 months to 1 year was 2973 most people. English-speaking countries such as New Zealand and the United States accounted for 80% of destinations are Germany, France, China continued.

It is difficult to feel conscious of itself as long as the adult and Japan is not going toward the outside.


全国の高校生の約６割が「留学したくない」と考えていることが３日、文部科学省が2012年度に実施した調査でわかった。語学力や留学費用を心配する生徒が多かった。一方で高校生の留学を支援する自治体は倍増。留学費用の支援制度を設けたり、留学経験者を高校に派遣したり、生徒の内向き姿勢を打破しようと躍起になっている。
　アンケートは無作為に抽出した高校生のうち約50万人から回答を得た。
　「いつか留学したいと思うか」と尋ねたところ、58％が「思わない」と回答し、「留学したい」（42％）を上回った。理由（複数回答）は「言葉の壁」（56％）が最も多く、「経済的に厳しい」（38％）、「外国での生活や友達関係が不安」（34％）などが目立った。
　留学したらやってみたいことは「語学力を向上したい」（61％）が最多で、「外国の人と友達になりたい」（55％）、「外国の文化やスポーツに触れたい」（51％）が多かった。
　自治体は留学支援に力を入れている。12年度に支援制度があったのは39都道府県で、11年度に比べて約２倍に増えた。留学費用の支援のほか、留学情報を提供するフォーラムを開いたり、外国人高校生を招いたり、海外を身近に感じる機会を設けている。
　また、同省が全国の高校などに11年度の留学状況について調査したところ、３カ月以上留学した生徒は3257人で、08年度と同水準だった。留学期間は６カ月～１年が最も多く2973人だった。行き先は米国やニュージーランドなど英語圏が８割を占め、ドイツ、フランス、中国が続いた。
大人や日本自体の意識が外に向かっていかない限り難しい感じですね。