{"id":1913,"date":"2017-04-19T17:40:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T12:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2020-07-07T15:16:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T09:46:15","slug":"japanese-education-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/japanese-education-system\/","title":{"rendered":"A Different Approach To Education: This Is How The Japanese Do It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Earlier this month, I set myself on a self-declared journey to research various school systems across the world. My first stop was Finland. The <\/span><strong>Finnish education system<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">pleasantly surprised me and their practice of teacher training gave me hope. The liberty they bestowed on their students and teachers worked wonders for their growth and economy. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Looking at a similar end-result (Read \u2018massive economic growth\u2019) my next stop <strong>became Japan, the 11th most populous country in the world. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">The Organisation for <strong>Economic Co-operation and Development<\/strong> (OECD) consistently ranks Japan (amongst 34 other countries) the highest position for education and literacy. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Japanese students score the highest in the <strong>OECD\u2019s Program<\/strong> for International Student Assessment (PISA). <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">With these two statistics in place, it\u2019s hardly a surprise that Japan also has a 100% literacy rate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">How do they do it? Let\u2019s find out! <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The School System (Japanese Education System)<\/span><\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan revamped its school system after World War II and presently functions on the 6+3+3+4 system. Students spend &#8211;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">6 years in Elementary School, <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">3 years in Junior High School, <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">3 years in High School <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">4 years in University.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">By keeping enrollment in elementary and junior high as compulsory for every child, Japan boasts of a 100% enrollment rate. However, the enrollment rate for high school, even though not compulsory is at an impressive <strong>96%<\/strong> across all cities. Interestingly, about<strong> 75%<\/strong> of Japan\u2019s high school graduates move ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/the-best-journey-from-school-to-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>University education<\/strong><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b>Operational Analysis:<\/b> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">An average school day in Japan lasts for 6 hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">After school ends, students participate in drills or finish their homework.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most students if not all, attend <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juku<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cram School <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that offer further training on academic and non-academic grounds. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Students do not skip classes nor do they arrive late.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">6 weeks of summer vacations and 2 weeks of winter vacations are spent learning and completing homework. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">The number of students per class is 40 or less. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Students are required to learn traditional Japanese arts like Haiku (a form of poetry) or Shodo (a type of calligraphy)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">What stands out?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">The first three years spent in elementary school do not focus on the child\u2019s intelligence or learning but on building their characters and teaching them appreciable manners. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Japanese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/the-importance-of-alumni-connect-for-school-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>school system<\/strong><\/a> controls individuality and promotes group activity &#8211; a majority of the public schools follow a uniform dress code. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">They strongly believe in \u2018a class who eats together, stays together\u2019. Students along with their teacher sit together in their respective classrooms and have the exact same meal (which is selected by designed by chefs and nutritionists)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 24px;\"><b>Inside The Mind Of A Japanese Student: <\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Japanese students have a strong sense of belonging in their school and don\u2019t feel left out. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">85% of them have reported being the happiest during school hours. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Japanese students learn about bonding, team building, and responsibility early on as they clean their schools themselves. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">They conform to the rules and stick by them. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">While the <strong>Japanese School System<\/strong> may not be as liberal and forbearing as the Finnish, it&#8217;s doing remarkably well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Want to know how? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Answer this quick question &#8211; What do Sony, Nintendo, Honda and Canon have in common?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Well, they are all \u2018<strong>made in Japan<\/strong>\u2019!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, I set myself on a self-declared journey to research various school systems across the world. 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