Nearly half of the nation’s governors see the need to rethink the current role of the national government in financing and controlling the compulsory education system, according to a recent Kyodo News survey.
But at the same time, many of the governors in favor of reform have expressed concern over a possible decrease in financing of compulsory education in the future.
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