PART Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 3 Improvement and Enrichment of Elementary and Secondary Education
1 Overview of Government Policies
Elementary and secondary education in Japan has gained an international
reputation for both its level of quantitative expansion and its high quality.
However, various educational systems, as well as practices for operating the
systems, have tended to be uniform and inflexible. It is necessary to improve
and innovate the existing systems and practices, with a view to adapting these
system sand practices to the rapidly changing social and economic conditions
of the nation, and from the perspective of the anticipated social and economic
development in the coming years. In doing so, it is important to keep in mind
the necessity of developing measures for helping children develop their individuality
to the full. And for helping them foster diverse abilities and talents.
With this in view, the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
has been carrying out various policies and measures, such as the improvement
and enrichment of the school curriculum, the reform of upper secondary school
education, the improvement of the quality of teachers, and the improvement and
enrichment of educational conditions.
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Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture