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Ise International Exchange Festival

伊勢市国際交流フェスティバルを開催します

2018/02/16 Friday Seminars and Events

In recent years, with the growing number of foreign tourists and the internationalization of Ise City, there is a need to raise multicultural awareness among the citizens.

Experience beautiful music and images at the “World Stage” performance. Learn about the world at various workshops and booths. Collect stamps in exchange for food prizes from around the world. All this and more will be available at the festival!

Invite your friends and family to join this event!

Date:

4th March, 2018 (Sunday) 10am – 4pm

*Free entrance

Location

Ise-shi Heart Plaza Misono
Ise-shi Misono-cho Nagaya 2767
[Train] 30 minutes on foot from Ise station on the JR/Kintetsu Lines
[Car] Parking lot available

Content:

  • Stage
    Opening ceremony – Music, games: from 10 am
    Musical concert “World Stage” 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
  • Stamp rally
    Collect stamps to get some food from different countries
  • Stands:
    Chinese tea quiz (Ise International Exchange Association]
    Volunteer quiz by JICA & Try on Traditional Clothes (JICA’s Mie Counter) International Exchange Café (Mie Prefecture)
    Did you know? ~About foreign citizens around you~(Mie International Exchange Foundation)
    Get to know the countries supporting UNICEF activities (Japanese Committee for Mie’s UNICEF)

For more information, click here (Japanese only)
See the pamphlet by clicking here (Japanese only)

Contact information:

Civil Exchange Department General Branch Office of Misono in Ise TEL: 0596-21-5549

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Financial assistance for required costs to attend compulsory education

2018/02/16 Friday Seminars and Events

小中学校に通うお子さんを持つ保護者の方へ　就学に必要な費用の援助について

For parents/ guardians of children attending elementary and junior high school (shogakko and chugakko)

In order to help the families going through hard financial situation to maintain their children attending compulsory education aschools (shogakko and chugakko), cities and municipalities offer an aid to cover the necessary costs.  It is necessary to make a request to receive it.  The financial assistance amount corresponds to the following items:

< Example >

  1. Cost of school supplies (inlcuded school entrance material)
  2. Cost of school meals
  3. Cost of extracurricular activities
  4. Cost of educational trips, among others

<Documents for request >

The form to request this financial assistance is available at schools of compulsory education (shogakko,chugakko) and at the Board of Education office.  Application deadline, as well as entrance location differ according to each city and municipality. Families who need to request this aid should consult in advance the school their children are attending or the local Board of Education.

The request should be made anually. For those families who need to continue receiving the aid, they should make the request again.

<Target public>

To be eligible to receive this financial assistance, it is necessary to meet the conditions determined by each city or municipality. The requirements and norms vary according to each city and municipality, therefore, contact the local Body of Education to have detailed information.

As a reference, we will mention the requirements and norms set by Suzuka city.

Reference (Related to Suzuka city)

For school years 2017 and 2018, in addition to live in Suzuka city, the following items should be met:

  1. Have suspended or discontinued the Subsistence Aid (Seikatsu Hogo)
  2. Exempted from residential tax
  3. Receiving the Child Rearing Allowance (Jido Fuyu Teate)
  4. Going through hard financial situation to enroll the child on the compulsory education and have an income below the following determined amount.
Base amount of income: Family with 2 people Family with 3 people Family with 4 people
Family’s total income About ¥1,91 million About ¥ 2,48 million About

¥3,21 million

*These base amounts refer to fiscal year 2017, therefore they may change.  According to the number of people per family, as well as the age of each member, among other issues, the standard estimate may be different.

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