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What are Distinctive GP and Contemporary GP?
Saitama Prefectural University was designated by the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for Distinctive
GP and Contemporary GP. GP may sound unfamiliar, but is an acronym for
"good practice". Distinctive GP and Contemporary GP are commonly used
names for the Support Program for Distinctive University Education and the
Support Program for Contemporary Educational Needs, respectively.
In the Distinctive GP program, a number of proven efforts to achieve
reform in academic education are reviewed to select the most distinctive
and distinguished projects. Information on the selected projects is then
widely publicized, and subsidies are provided to these projects. In this
way, the program can fuel the motivation of universities and faculties to
reform and improve education in both public and private universities.
These selected projects can be used as good reference examples for other
universities. The goal of the program is to promote revitalization of
higher education.
In the Contemporary GP program, the theme is determined based on the
recommendations of the various councils and policy issues with strong
social demand. Of the themes submitted from a number of universities,
especially outstanding education projects (themes) are selected and are
granted subsidies. This goal of this program is also to promote
revitalization of higher education, but more in the sense of supporting
“future projects”.
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