TOKYO, Nov 01 (News On Japan) –
The variety of elementary and junior highschool college students in Japan who’re labeled as “chronically absent” has reached a report excessive of about 350,000, based on the Ministry of Schooling’s newest survey.
Every year, the Ministry of Schooling surveys elementary, junior excessive, excessive faculties, and particular training faculties nationwide on points equivalent to continual absenteeism and bullying. The outcomes for the final fiscal yr have been launched on October 31.
The survey revealed that the variety of elementary and junior excessive college students in a state of continual absenteeism elevated by about 47,000 from the earlier yr, totaling 346,482 college students. This marks the eleventh consecutive yr of improve and a report excessive.
At the highschool stage, the quantity additionally rose by about 8,000, reaching a report 68,770 college students.
The Ministry of Schooling attributes this improve partially to a rising understanding amongst dad and mom, lots of whom not really feel compelled to power their kids to attend college.
As well as, the variety of bullying circumstances acknowledged in elementary, junior excessive, and excessive faculties reached a report 732,568 circumstances.
There have been additionally 1,306 extreme bullying incidents labeled as “severe circumstances” that would result in continual absenteeism or suicide, the best quantity recorded. In about 40% of those circumstances, faculties had not acknowledged the incidents as bullying till they have been formally recognized as severe circumstances.
Supply: ANN
