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CHAPTER . IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL CONTENT AND METHOD

Health and safety services which are generally provided by each school both to promote pupils' health and guarantee their safety, and to allow school education tote conducted smoothly, include such programs as medical examinations, health consultations, measures to prevent sickness and a safety examination of school facilities. The health services are mainly provided by health supervisors and school nurses. Supervision and guidance regarding technical and professional matters is provided by school doctors, school dentists and school pharmacists. In order to make health services more effective in the future, it is necessary to provide all schools with the personnel mentioned above and to upgrade their quality. In addition however measures must be taken to insure that pupils can cope with evils such as environmental destruction and the excessive concentrations of population in urban areas which are accompanying our high economic growth and to insure the development of pupils able to cultivate strong minds and bodies by themselves.

Table 39. Percent of Elementary and Lower Secondary Schools Furnished with School Doctors, Dentists, Pharmacists and School Nurses

Safety examinations of school facilities should be further strengthened in light of recent increases in school accidents. For traffic safety, certain streets are designated 'school attendance routes', and traffic is restricted. Recently the rapid worsening of traffic conditions, however, has made it necessary to further strengthen these measures.