The Toyota Foundation International Grant Program
Japan & Korea Basic Education Joint Project

This project is supported by the International Grant Program of the Toyota Foundation.
We aim to create a framework for international collaboration to ensure access to basic education in Asia based on the cooperation between Korea and Japan, mutually exchanging knowledge and experience concerning policies, learning materials, capacity building and training of staff and considering how to create a transregional organization to link research results with policies.
We are planning to implement the following four projects from November 2017 to November 2019.

1. ①MANABIAI (Learning Exchange Program): Hold International symposia and exchange meetings alternately in Japan and Korea.
2. ②Share excellent learning/teaching materials as well as viewpoints and methods for developing materials by translation.
3. ③Create booklets describing the current situation and issues of basic education in Japan and Korea and publish them in Japanese and Korean.
4. ④Create a video “Record of Change” (with Japanese and Korean captions) and distribute it on the internet.

So far, basic education security problem in Asia has only been acknowledged as an issue of developing countries. However, in countries like Japan and Korea that have achieved economic development and established a widespread school education system, this issue has emerged as an issue peculiar to developed countries due to economics and migration. It is difficult to find prospects for solving these issues, which have occurred under globalization, with limited information available in either of these countries alone.