Essay About Japanese Education

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The Japanese education started out mainly during the Meiji period in the 1970s. It was during that era where the government placed extra efforts to allow their people to receive basic education thru the mass building of primary schools across the country. There were also a number of higher education institutes to facilitate the development of future leaders. (Kida, 1975)
Currently Japan is using “6-3-3-4 system” (Kida, 1975) whereby consisting of the number of years in each stage of the education that is taken by the majority. The first 6 represents the six years primary school education, during this stage the students learn not only the basics like Japanese, math and science but also other life skills and recreational activities like music, …show more content…

One of such events is “Shuugaku ryokou” or school trip where senior students gets to travel with everyone in their grade for a few days. Students can also look forward to shorter excursions called “Ensoku” where they get to learn about non classroom experiences. Finally we also have “Gakugeikai” or “Bunkasa” which means Student Performance and Cultural Festival, this event gives the students a chance to show case their talents to other students and are usually opened to the public as well. (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), …show more content…

However their higher education falls into heavy social pressure due to social norms and biasness towards the better schools in japan. This has caused a negative impact on children by providing them a lot of pressure, impacts are also felt in the society as there are many youths who would spend many years after the upper secondary education just to prepare for university entrance. Hence, affecting the economy of japan as youth will only enter the workforce at a much later