Regarding the difficulties in juggling work and college education, the percentage who answered 'shortage of studying time' is the highest (46.4%), followed by 'tuition fees shouldered by individuals' (37.8%), 'shortage of desired departments and courses in nearby areas' (36.8%), and 'pressure from superiors' (32.9%).
73.4% of program participants are shouldering the whole or part of their tuition fees themselves. The percentage who receive the government's financial aid and student loans is 34.3%; the percentage who receive college scholarships is 33.6%; and the percentage who receive their companies' financial aid and student loans is 32.6%.
Among the program participants, the percentage of four-year college graduates who have difficulties in juggling work and study because of pressure from their superiors is 36.5%, which is higher than the percentage of two-year college graduates, at 30.4%.
The percentage of program participants in large companies who answered that they have difficulties in juggling work and study because of pressure from their superiors (42.7%) is 11.9 percentage points higher than the percentage of such program participants in small and medium-sized companies (30.8%).
It is necessary to ease the burden of tuition fees on program participants by expanding the government's financial aid and changing the current corporate culture of 'putting pressure' on learning employees into a new corporate culture of 'giving encouragement.'