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How many years is compulsory education in Japan?
Japan implements compulsory education for 6 years in primary school and 3 years in secondary school.

The length of compulsory education has been extended from 6 years to 9 years. 6.3.3.4 has established a new academic system, that is, 6-year primary school and 3-year junior high school are compulsory education, 3-year senior high school and 4-year university. There are kindergartens under primary schools and graduate schools above universities. Kindergarten is a non-compulsory education school, enrolling children over 3 years old.

Its purpose is to promote children's physical and mental development by providing them with a suitable educational environment. Primary and junior high schools are compulsory education. All children over the age of 6 must go to primary school, and all children who have finished primary school courses must be promoted to junior high school to continue their studies. Primary schools provide general education for children aged 6 ~ 12.

senior high school education

The compulsory subjects in Japanese high schools are as follows: Mandarin and Japanese, and the subjects in mathematics primary schools are arithmetic, life science, social citizenship, geography, history, science, foreign language English, physical education, health sports, technology, family design, craft, housekeeping, drawing work, art and music.

Learning classification:

Simply put, Japanese schools can be divided into three categories: public schools, state schools, and private schools, including international schools and language schools.

I. Public schools

The advantage is that compulsory education is free of tuition and teaching materials, and only pays for meals and extracurricular activities. Depending on the street where you live (rent a house), you can go to the nearest public school. Children can go to school on foot without their parents picking them up. The teaching language is Japanese.

Second, private schools.

The quality of education is relatively high, and the quality of teachers is relatively high. Generally, there is an independent curriculum system without school district restrictions. Children who want to go abroad should choose international schools and take international courses such as A-Level and IB, and the teaching language is mainly English. There is also the entrance examination, and the tuition fee is relatively expensive, at least 654.38+00,000 yen per year.

Three. public school

Most of them are affiliated schools of Japanese national universities, which are practical research schools, and their accommodation and Japanese teaching are limited. Tuition is cheaper than private schools, so it is very popular with Japanese parents and the competition is fierce. It takes several rounds of lottery and entrance examination to enter the school.