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Japan's compulsory education ends at grade nine, but less than 2% drop out; 60% of students advanced to senior education as of 1960, increasing rapidly to over 90% by 1980, rising further each year until reaching 98.3% as of 2012.
"Information technology is increasingly being used to enhance education, and most schools have access to the Internet." [2] There is a system of educational television and radio, and almost all elementary schools use programs prepared by the School Education Division of Japan's ex Broadcasting Corporation (Nippon Hoso Kyokai—NHK).
Secondary education in Japan is split between junior high schools (中学校 chūgakkō), which cover the seventh through ninth grade (ages 12–15), and upper secondary schools kōtōgakkō (高等学校; literally high school), or kōkō (高校) for short. Upper secondary school covers grades 10 through 12 (ages 15–18).
Uno, Kathleen S. Passages to Modernity: Motherhood, Childhood, and Social Reform in Early Twentieth Century Japan. (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999). Yamasaki, Yoko. "The Impact of Western Progressive Educational Ideas in Japan: 1868–1940", History of Education, September 2010, Vol. 39 Issue 5, pp 575–588
History of education in Japan (2 C, 8 P) J. Japanese educational administration (1 C) Japanese educational websites (1 C, 1 P) K. Education in Kansai region (8 C, 1 P)
Japanese high school students wearing the sailor fuku. Secondary education in Japan is split into junior high schools (中学校 chūgakkō), which cover the seventh through ninth grade, and senior high schools (高等学校 kōtōgakkō, abbreviated to 高校 kōkō), which mostly cover grades ten through twelve.
The table is developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT). Although the list is designed for Japanese students, it can also be used as a sequence of learning characters by non-native speakers as a means of focusing on the most commonly used kanji. Kyōiku kanji are a subset (1,026) of the 2,136 characters of jōyō kanji.
Yutori education (ゆとり教育, yutori-kyōiku) is a Japanese education policy which reduces the hours and the content of the curriculum in primary education. In 2016, the mass media in Japan used this phrase to criticize drops in scholastic ability.