As the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry works slowly to reform the English education system, one recent proposal likely to have a good effect is allowing certain high schools to teach subjects such as science or math in English.
Dubbed "super global high schools" by the ministry, the designated schools will receive an increased budget to hire qualified teachers, both Japanese and foreign, who are proficient in English and capable of developing curricula. The program will start with around 50 schools and gradually increase to around 100, with at least one in each prefecture.
The plan has potential for success mainly because it allows the designated schools to be exempt from ministry-set teaching guidelines and to create their own curricula.