EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM & PRACTICE IN JAPAN

6	“II Japanese Educational Administration and Finance”	Previous	Next	JAPANESE

	(1)Japan’s Fundamental Law of Education has regulations on educational objectives, and it was designed to eradicate the super-national education of the pre-World War ( period. (2)Breaking economic barriers to receive education was a major objective of the Fundamental Law of Education system. The interpretation of education ‘according to ability’ is unequivocal. (3)There is a discussion on the meaning of compulsory education, that is whether it means to enroll formally in schools as provided by the law or should it be understood in a broader sense. (4)There is a discussion on the public nature of education. (5)It includes the idea of lifelong learning and the relationship between lifelong learning and Social Education. (6)There is a sense of avoidance of politics and religion among teachers because of the strong demand for the political and religious neutrality in education. (7)There has been a discussion on the bounds of the state, that is how far it can participate in the stipulation and maintenance of appropriate educational conditions.