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Education panel seeks new gov't body to follow up on proposals

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel chemistry laureate Ryoji Noyori (R), who heads a panel on educational reform, submits its final report to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Jan. 31 at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 31. The report asks the government to create a new body to follow up on its recommendations for improving Japan's public education system.

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Panel proposes holding school classes on Saturday

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shizo Abe (L) receives a proposal report for educational reforms from Ryoji Noyori, a Nobel chemistry laureate who heads the government education reform panel, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 1.

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Educational panel proposes longer classroom hours

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize laureate chemist Ryoji Noyori (R), who heads an educational reform panel, hands to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a report, featuring proposals to prolong classroom hours and allow teachers to rely on now-banned punitive behaviors, as part of efforts to review the school system in Japan.

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Panel calls on gov't to revise 1947 education law

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) receives a report from Reona (Leo) Esaki, chairman of the National Commission on Educational Reform, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 22. The report says the government should break a long-standing taboo and carry out a major revision of the 1947 Fundamental Law of Education to enable it to meet current needs.

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Mori makes Diet debut

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori makes his debut in parliament as Japan's new leader April 7. He pledged in his policy speech to achieve a ''rebirth of Japan'' through such steps as economic recovery and educational reform.

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San Paulo ahead of presidential election runoff vote

Students call for educational reform during a march in San Paulo, Brazil, on Oct. 19, 2022, ahead of a second-round runoff vote for the country's president on Oct. 30.

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya (3rd R) collects suggestions on the reform of education evaluation system under China's "double reduction" policy framework from staffers of Chongqing Educational Evaluation Institute in southwest China's Chongqing, Feb. 24, 2022. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop o

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National teachers' Demonstration - Toulouse

We need you" sign about of educational reform. In Toulouse (France), only three weeks after the start of the school year, the teachers demonstrated on September 23, 2021. At the call of the main unions, they demanded an increase in wages, as well as better conditions of work. French teachers are among the lowest paid in OECD countries. A group of AESH / ATSEM then joined the procession. Photo by Patrick Batard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Educational panel proposes longer classroom hours

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize laureate chemist Ryoji Noyori (R), who heads an educational reform panel, hands to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a report, featuring proposals to prolong classroom hours and allow teachers to rely on now-banned punitive behaviors, as part of efforts to review the school system in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Panel proposes holding school classes on Saturday

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shizo Abe (L) receives a proposal report for educational reforms from Ryoji Noyori, a Nobel chemistry laureate who heads the government education reform panel, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 1. (Kyodo)

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Education panel seeks new gov't body to follow up on proposals

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel chemistry laureate Ryoji Noyori (R), who heads a panel on educational reform, submits its final report to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Jan. 31 at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 31. The report asks the government to create a new body to follow up on its recommendations for improving Japan's public education system. (Kyodo)

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Mori makes Diet debut

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori makes his debut in parliament as Japan's new leader April 7. He pledged in his policy speech to achieve a ''rebirth of Japan'' through such steps as economic recovery and educational reform.

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Japan PM Abe, Komeito's education unit chief

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) receives a set of proposals from Shigeyuki Tomita, who heads the Komeito party's educational reform unit, in Tokyo on May 15, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel calls on gov't to revise 1947 education law

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) receives a report from Reona (Leo) Esaki, chairman of the National Commission on Educational Reform, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 22. The report says the government should break a long-standing taboo and carry out a major revision of the 1947 Fundamental Law of Education to enable it to meet current needs.

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Panel calls for community service for students

TOKYO, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Nobel Physics Prize laureate Reona (Leo) Esaki (R), head of the National Commission on Educational Reform, hands Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori his panel's interim report Sept. 22. The report said the nation's school curricula should require all elementary, junior high and senior high school students to take part in community service to nurture their sense of self-reliance and civic spirit.