抄録
Focusing on juku schools, this study analyzes the expansion of private education companies into public education, and discusses the ambiguity of private education companies along with key points for controlling shifts in public education. Current-day private education companies are being characterized by an expansion toward public education aimed at solving social issues, rather than to pursuing prof-its, in a process that has been called “Creating Shared Value” （CSV） in education. These private companies do not disrespect public education and schools, but the concern that private sector involvement can lead to a transformation, and perhaps even deterioration, of public education cannot be ignored. This brings to the fore two key points to consider in order to control for the potential of public education deterioration due to private sector entry. First, the maintenance of distinctions and the re-conceptualization of the nature of education, such as school/out-of-school, government sector/market sector, and public interest/private interest. Second, the need to re-examine what it means to “resolve social issues” from multiple angles, including by defining the social issues, the related goals to solve them, and the actual solutional processes. Although integrating private education companies into public education may seem, at a first glance, like a good initiative for solving social issues, we must carefully consider whether this contributes to the maintenance and development of public education.
Keywords: Reorganization of Public Education, Private Education Industry, Creating Shared Values in Education, Public Juku, Supplementary Tutoring
