The private sector training for teachers program was held by the Keizai Koho Center (Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs) for three days between August 20 and 22, 2019. The program has been implemented as an activity to promote dialog between economic and educational circles. This year, Kajima marked its 11th anniversary of accepting participants for this program. A group of 20 people attended the program, including elementary, junior high, and high school vice-principals that belong to the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education.

The three-day program offered insight into the latest construction technologies through a tour of Kajima Technical Research Institute as well as a tour of civil engineering and building sites. This allowed participants to witness the forefront of manufacturing that involves IT-device-based information sharing and drone utilization.

The participants were also requested to answer a questionnaire before the program. We gave classroom lectures on high-interest topics based on the results of this questionnaire, such as safety and health, labor management, human resource nurturing, and woman empowerment. We also described safety management techniques at construction sites and female engineers' contributions.

Some participating teachers commented that they were surprised at how thorough safety management is in construction work, that they wanted to quickly apply the management techniques that they learned at school, and that they wanted to increase the number of students that aim to work in the construction industry.

Kajima focuses on educating the next generation as a social contribution activity. Going forward, we will continue to accept participants in private sector training.