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Most Japanese children go to the country's excellent state schools. Japan has one of the premier educational systems in he world. Nor is religion a major concern among Japanese parents. As a result, few Japanese parents see the need to enroll their children in private schools. The private sector is relatively small, except for after school cram schools. Japan does not have the deep-seated social problems and resulting serious discipline standards in its schools that face American and some European parents--causing them to flee the state system. Japanese schools have high standards and produce excellent results The Japanese schools are especially notable for obtaining excellent results with students from low-income families. Here parents may be at least as important if not more so than the schools. Japanese schools have been criticized, however, for the great pressure put upon students and the failure to engender creative thought.
Most Japanese children go to the country's excellent state schools. Japan has one of the premier educational systems in the world. Nor is religion a major concern among Japanese parents. As a result, few Japanese parents see the need to enroll their children in private schools. Japan does not have the deep-seated social problems and resulting serious discipline standards in its schools that face American and some European parents--causing them to flee the state system. There are no progressive DEI activists demanding that standards be lowered because the schools are failing this ensuring that children do not meet basic standards. And then progressive politician wonder why the children from these schools after graduation do not fare well in the job market. Japanese schools have high standards and produce excellent results, well above those achieve in American public schools. The Japanese schools are especially notable for obtaining good results with students from low-income families. The major criticism of Japanese schools is that thee is too much rote leaning and the schools do not promote innovative thought. Here parents may be at least as important if not more so than the schools. And Japanese parents of all social strata support the schools and most children have learned discipline standards at home. before they begin school life. Japanese schools have been criticized, however, for the great pressure put upon students and the failure to engender creative thought. Most state primary schools are coed. Secondary schools are mostly single gender schools , but an increasing number are coed. State primary schools vary in their approach to school wear. Most state primary schools do not require uniforms, but quite a number do, about a third. There are a variety of uniform styles. Unlike the primary schools almost all secondary schools do require uniforms, primarily Prussian cadet jackets for the boys and sailor dresses for the girls.
The private sector is relatively small in Japan, except for after school cram schools. There are a small number of prestigious private schools. They are for the most part academically rigorous. Japan's excellent state system mean that few parents see the need to send their children to private schools. Private schools for the most part are not close to home. And most require entrance exams. One advantage of the private schools is smaller class sizes, meaning more individual attention. Almost all of the private schools require uniforms and the uniform standards are for the most part strictly enforced. An example of a private school uniform can be seen here with the boys wearing the traditional Prussian cadet jackets and sailor dresses (figure 1). Most of the private schools are single gender schools. Several of the schools have interesting historical origins.
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