Empirical research on the progress of "Heisei municipal merger" and the construction and consolidation of educational institutions

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730696
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Gunma University
• Principal Investigator: SHINDO Kei 群馬大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80455047)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 市町村合併 / 学校統廃合 / 公民館 / 地域運営 / 教育委員会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In "Heisei municipal merger" that was started on 1990, the school consolidations were confirmed after municipal mergers as in the case with "Showa municipal merger". The causes are follows. First, public funds related to municipal merger covered the cost associated with construction of school building. Second, the opportunities for school consolidation before municipal merger enhanced at the new municipality. Third, the consolidations of junior high school across the border of old municipalities are made possible by municipal merger. On the other hand, the community centers are utilized as core of community after the school consolidations.

Free Research Field

教育社会学