(1) external or foreign relations,
(2) its nationwide educational foreign language quality, and
(3) providing aid for local levels of society and government to attain, practice
& train each other in skills related to the internationalization process
to assist and set goals the internationalization for community, schools
and local community development.
The three national institutions share in planning, overseeing, and carrying out the JET project--as well as supporting similar other internationalizing exchange and educational programs in Japan.
Normally, all recruitment, hiring, placement and orientation of new JETs (Japanese Exchange Teachers) is largely overseen by these three largest stakeholders but are often then carried out by local representatives in either local school districts (for elementary and junior highs) and or for the 50 prefectural boards of education (for high schools) in Japan. Over the decades, inter government coordination has led to revised training seminars for all participants, agencies and schools involved.
On the other hand, it should be noted that during the initial phases of the hiring project and the annual orientations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is much more active than are the other two agencies. [vi] Likewise, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also typically is most active in assisting CLAIR to build, coordinate, and create any other international projects that may spin-off or grow from the JET program. [vii] In the past, these spin-offs have included international partner school visits, community government agency partnerships, and the creation of sister cities or other international friendship exchanges or projects. Then, once the JET participants arrive in Japan, the Ministry of Education hands the project much more completely to CLAIR, Monbusho and local, and prefectural schools.
Moreover, each of these three government bodies (and local schools) in Japan have (over decades) predetermined long-term budget commitments, e.g Monbusho has a minimum budget set up for assisting JET activities at the national level. Both the Ministry of Education CLAIR have much smaller shares of monies committed itself to the JET project or scheme, but their commitments have been very long term, i.e. running nearly 3 decades now. In the case of junior high and elementary schools, much of the money comes from the local schools, or CLAIR--rather than the local prefecture. In the case of public high schools, the brunt of monies comes from the 50 prefectural boards of education--with, however, some prefectural financing being chipped in by CLAIR (a relatively small percentage) and the Ministry of Education.
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