PART lssues and Perspectives of Elementaryand Secondary Education
Chapter 2. Measures for the Enrichment of Elementary and Secondary Education
8. Diversification and Flexibility in Upper Secondary Education
(3) Promotion of Vocational Education
In the field of vocational education in upper secondary school,
measures have been taken for the establishment and reorganization of courses,
the improvement of educational content and the consolidation and upgrading of
facilities and equipment, in order to respond to changes in industrial society
and the diversification of student needs. The new Course of Study provides for
the improvement of the content of each subject. the enrichment of information
education, the introduction of "topicstudies , " and the option to establish
interdisciplinary courses cutting across, for example, the fields of welfare,
information science and industrial technology.