Monday, January 10 2005 @ 08:07 AM CST
Contributed by:
Y.Yamamoto
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This is further to our Jan. 8 story titled "Education reform cannot be substituted for reform in real world." As we pointed out in that
piece, the 2003 results of the comparative surveys by the OECD (PISA) and
the IEA (TIMSS) confirmed a consistent decline in mathematical literacy
and other academic abilities of students in Japanese primary and secondary
schools, relative to their counterparts in other participating countries,
and there are little signs that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology or any other education expert will come up with
a valid and specific prescription anytime soon to stem the decline, let
alone reverse it.
Here's some addition to the possible consequences of this trend: ·
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Saturday, January 08 2005 @ 07:50 AM CST
Contributed by:
Y.Yamamoto
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Now that the issue with the compliance with the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (see Nov. 25, 2004, TFP story "Compliance
with someone else's moral standards is far from enough") has been "settled" in a breeze with the penal code revision enacted in December, another revision of the Fundamental Law of Education, along with a constitutional amendment, is high on the government's and lawmakers' agenda. The mainstream media have invariably expressed their consent to the idea of prioritizing it, which also indicates that the media are ready to start immunizing their audiences and readerships for whatever the new education policy for primary and secondary school children will be like.
On January 5, the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Daily Yomiuri ran an editorial captioned "Education system change vital to nation's future." Just like other major printed media, the Yomiuri pointed out the problem resulting from the current education system in primary and secondary schools this way: · read more (1,676 words)
