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CHAPTER 5 EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN THEl970's
3 Educational Reform in Japan
(2) The Basic Guidelines for the Reform of Elementary and Secondary Education
6. The Positive Expansion and Development of Kindergarten Education


In view of the importance of education for small children and the popular demand for kindergarten education, the government should actively promote the following measures to improve kindergarten education:

(l) To increase the number of kindergartens and to have as the primary objective that all 5 years old children who so wish may be enrolled in them, making it the obligation or municipal authorities to establish kindergartens with sufficient capacity. An increase in financial aid from the national and prefectural governments for their establishment will be necessary for this.

(2) Together with the measures explained in (l), to coordinate kindergartens geographically so that both public and private kindergartens can adequately play their respective roles and at the same time to take necessary financial measures in order to enrich the quality of education and to decrease the financial burdens of kindergarten enrollment.

(3) To improve kindergarten curricula on the basis of research on pre-primary education.

(4) To change over from individually operated kindergartens to incorporated kindergartens in as short a period as possible.


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