Educational System

NATIONAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM

• ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• JAPANESE
• SOCIAL STUDIES
• MATHEMATICS
• SCIENCE
• MUSIC AND ARTS
• HANDICRAFTS AND HOMEMAKING
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

• MIDDLE SCHOOL
• JAPANESE
• MATHEMATICS
• SOCIAL STUDIES
• SCIENCE
• ENGLISH
• MUSIC
• ART
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• FIELD TRIPS
• CLUBS AND HOMEROOM TIME

NATIONAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM

• HIGH SCHOOL
• THE CONTENT MAY CONTAIN GENERAL OR HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HIGH SCHOOLS.

HIGH SCHOOLS MAY BE CLASSED INTO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES:

• HIGH SCHOOLS MAY BE CLASSED INTO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES:
• ELITE ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOLS
• NON-ELITE ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOLS
• VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS 
• CORRESPONDENCE HIGH SCHOOLS
• EVENING HIGH SCHOOL

• The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology prepares guidelines containing basic outlines of each subject taught in Japanese schools and the objectives and content of teaching in each grade. Revised every 10 years or so, these guidelines are followed by schools nationwide.
• All elementary, junior high, and high schools are obliged to use text books that have been evaluated and approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The purpose of the official authorization system, which has been in effect since 1886, is the standardization of education and the maintenance of objectivity and neutrality on political and religious issues. A system of free distribution of textbooks for compulsory education was established in 1963. The textbooks used in each public school district are chosen from among governmentauthorized candidates by the local board of education based on a review by the prefectural board of education. At private schools, the school principal is responsible for the choice.

• It is the aim of all Japanese teachers to give their students a learning experience which they find enjoyable and satisfying. The learning experience occurs largely in the classroom, so we must look for the most effective ways of building meaningful communication within the classroom, in the hope that learners will extend their skills and understandings beyond the classroom.
• These webpages give teachers some useful strategies for promoting use of the target language in the classroom and thereby helping their students to become confident and effective communicators in Japanese.

• Benefits of using the target language
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