Abstract
This paper aims to examine the changes of special training school of IT, and to point out a new direction for vocational education. In general, firms in Japan played a leading role in the vocational education of their employees. But until recently, special training schools were most important providers of vocational education in the field of IT. In the late 1990s, due deregulation in education in general, vocational education was rendered into something that doesn't deserve it’s name. At present, IT industry is facing the problems of the shortage of engineers. Because in-house education cannnot provide enough engineers, so Japan government promotes emigration of Indian IT engineers. A new direction for vacational education is suggested to replace in-house education.
