Recruitment of Yokohama-shi high school scholarship student [benefit type scholarship] (recruitment of 2024 was finished)

This is a system that provides high school students with a scholarship of 60,000 yen per year (5,000 yen per month). If you are hired, you do not need to return the scholarship you receive. The application for fiscal 2024 has been closed.

• The submission of application documents for 2024 was closed on Friday, May 10, 2024, and the selection results for recruitment and non-recruitment were notified to each high school on September 27, 2024.
• Regarding continuous recruiters, we notified each high school together with new recruiters.
• If you are a scholarship student and there is a change in the status of your parent or guardian (such as a change in Address, transfer or withdrawal), please contact the high school and submit a transfer notice.
• You can apply for a transfer notification online or by mail, but if you want to change the transfer destination to an account other than the student's name, print out and fill out the “Bank Transfer Payment Application Form” and deliver it to the destination listed in 4 below. Please mail it in a form where the record remains.
• The data of "Transfer Notification" and "Bank Transfer Payment Application Form" can be downloaded from the links below.

　　　〇 Online: Click here for "Online Application" (external site)
　　　〇 In the case of mailing: Print out and fill out the notice of transfer (PDF: 214KB), and mail it to the destination listed in 4 below with a delivery record.
　　　〇 Bank Transfer Payment Application Form: Print out and fill out the account transfer payment application form (PDF: 314KB), and mail it with a delivery record remaining at the destination listed in 4 below.

(Reference materials: Information for those who have been hired as scholarship students)
For those who were hired as Yokohama City High School Scholarship Students in 2024 (PDF: 152KB)
　　

• Requests for the submission of a training status report have been sent to each high school on February 14. The data for input can be downloaded from the link below. In addition, the password of the file is described in the request sent to each school.

・Training status report (Yokohama City High School Scholarship student) (file: 64KB)
・Training status report (Yoshiro Iwasaki Ikueikai student recommended student) (file: 64KB)
〇 Online: Click here for "Online Application" (external site)
Oh In the case of mailing: Please mail it in a form with a delivery record at the destination listed in 4 below.

• Regardless of the timing, if there is any change in the status of scholarship students or parents (such as changing Address, transferring or leaving school), please contact the person in charge and submit the required documents.
• You can download the data of "Transfer Notification" from the link below.

Oh Notification of transfer
・Online: Click here for "Online Application" (external site)
・In the case of mailing: Print out and fill out the notice of transfer (PDF: 214KB), and mail it to the destination listed in 4 below with a delivery record.

The recruitment for 2025 will be announced on this website after mid-March 2025.

※Application for 2024 has been closed. The following information was posted as a guide at the time of recruitment in 2024.

Please refer to the following announcement for the outline of the application.
News of recruitment of 2024 Yokohama-shi high school scholarship student (for student, protector) (PDF: 205KB)

60,000 yen per year (5,000 yen per month)
As a general rule, there is no need to return it.

Approximately 860 new hires

Those who fall under all of the following 1 to 4

1. Parents living in Yokohama City
2. Those who are in high school and have good manners
   • High schools include "high schools of special needs schools" and "secondary courses of secondary schools".
   • The high school where the student attends does not matter whether it is in Yokohama city or outside the city, national public or private.
3. Those whose academic performance is 3.50 or more in a five-step evaluation average of all subjects and subjects taken in the previous fiscal year.
   • Those who have a academic record of less than 3.50 will not be accepted.
   • In the case of new first-year students, the grades of all subjects taken at the end of the third year of junior high school.
     • This is not a grade at the end of the school year, but a grade at the end of the school year.
     • Junior high schools include the middle school of special needs schools, the first half of secondary schools, and the second half of compulsory education School.
   • The average rating should be rounded to the third decimal place (3.495 or more corresponds to 3.50 or more, but 3.494 or less is 3.49 and will not be adopted).
4. Those who have difficulty studying at high school due to financial reasons
   • Essay: A family of 4 people whose household income is about 5 million yen
   • Those who have income exceeding the above amount may also be hired. In the case of a large number of applicants, they will be hired from those with severe living conditions.

1. Application
   • Documents to be submitted: ①Please submit a copy of the scholarship student application form, (2) bank transfer application form, (3) social security receipt certificate, (4) facility entrance certificate or commission measure certificate, (5) disability certificate (paper or card) to City of Yokohama, Board of Education Secretariat.
   • Online
     • "Yokohama-shi electronic application, report system" (outside site)Please register as an individual. If you have already registered, you do not need to register again. Don't forget your registered email address and password.
     • Click here for "Online Application" (finished)
     • If you are hired as a Yokohama High School Scholarship student, the scholarship will be transferred from Motoichi to an account in the name of the student. If the transfer is made to an account in a name other than the student for unavoidable reasons, the student will be transferred.Bank Transfer Payment Application Form (PDF: 192KB)You need to submit it. Be sure to seal the student himself and submit it to the address below by mail.Example of bank transfer payment application form entry (PDF: 134KB)）。
   • In the case of mailing
     • Please mail it to the next address in a form with a record of delivery.
     • Destination
     • 〒231-0005 6-50-10, Honcho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi
     • City of Yokohama, Board of Education Secretariat Secretariat School Support and Regional Cooperation Division High School Scholarship
   • The deadline for submission is Friday, May 10, 2024 (must arrive). Please submit a copy of the recommendation request form and the scholarship application form to the high school as soon as possible.
2. Submission of income documents
   • Person submitting "documents that show the situation such as income of family having the same livelihood" (only documents about municipal tax, prefectural tax, forest environmental tax in 2024), please submit to high school in paper.
   • The deadline for submission is until the date specified by the high school. The deadline for submission from high school to City of Yokohama, Board of Education Secretariat is Friday, June 21, 2024 (must arrive).

(Application for 2024 has been closed, but will be posted for reference.)
Complete set of 2024 Yokohama City High School Scholarship Recruitment Guidelines (PDF: 1,242KB)

• It is assumed that the complete PDF data such as application guidelines will be printed on both sides in A4 size. The back side of 5 forms (5-14 pages) and Attachment 3 (pages 19-20) is blank.
• When filling in, do not use pencils, mechanical pencils, eraseable ballpoint pens, correction tapes, correction fluids, etc. If you want to correct an error, draw a double line and rewrite it nearby. No correction mark is required.
• A set of application guidelines will also be distributed at each ward office Ward Administration Promotion Division Public Relations Section and City Hall Citizen Information Center.

• The Yokohama City High School Scholarship can be paid together with high school enrollment support funds and high school student scholarship benefits. It is possible to co-payment with other scholarships, but please make sure that other systems you are going to receive co-payment can be co-payment.
• When submitting documents that show the status of income, etc. of family members who have the same livelihood, fill in the school name, applicant name, and document name on the envelope surface and tell them not to open it to high school Please submit.
• In principle, this scholarship does not need to be refunded. However, if you lose your scholarship qualification due to withdrawal or relocation of a guardian outside Yokohama City, you will be refunded the amount from the month following the event.

City of Yokohama, Board of Education Secretariat Secretariat School Support and Regional Cooperation Division
Senior High School Scholarship
Telephone: 045-671-3474
※Inquiries Reception hours is from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Excludes Saturday, Sunday and public holidays.

• English (PDF: 111KB)
• Simplified Chinese (Simplified Chinese) (PDF: 342KB)
• Hangul (Hangul) (PDF: 365KB)
• Spanish (Español) (PDF: 152KB)
• Portuguese (Português) (PDF: 199KB)
• Easy Japanese (PDF: 179KB)

Please refer to each department in charge for the following system.

• High school enrollment support money (public) (outside site)： Tuition Reduction System
• Scholarship benefits for Kanagawa high school students (public) (outside site)： Scholarship benefits
• Private school tuition support system (outside site)： Tuition burden reduction system (school enrollment support fee, tuition subsidy), scholarship benefits
• City of Yokohama, Child and Youth Bureau Mother and Child Widow Welfare Fund(Lending of study preparation fund and study fund)
• Kanagawa High School Scholarship (outside site)： Loan-type scholarships
• Kanagawa Prefecture Japan National Council of Social Welfare Education Support Fund (outside site)： Loans for education support funds and school expenses
• Education Loan of Japan Finance Corporation (outside site)： General loan for education
• Yokohama City Economic Affairs Bureau Worker Loan Program(Welfare Fund Loan)
• Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Scholarship (outside site)： Benefit-type and loan-type scholarships (for university students)