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CHINA-CHONGQING-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-LANGUAGE-EDUCATION (CN)

(240301) -- CHONGQING, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone shows Wu Jing teaching the Miao language to third-graders at Minzu Primary School in Minzu Village, Meijiang Township, Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on Feb. 20, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Passing down language without writing system to schoolkids in Miao ethnic village" (Xinhua/Zhou Siyu)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-LANGUAGE-EDUCATION (CN)

(240301) -- CHONGQING, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone shows Wu Jing teaching the Miao language to third-graders at Minzu Primary School in Minzu Village, Meijiang Township, Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on Feb. 20, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Passing down language without writing system to schoolkids in Miao ethnic village" (Xinhua/Zhou Siyu)

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CHINA-HUNAN-LIUYANG-PRIMARY SCHOOL-FOLDABLE CHAIRS (CN)

(240111) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Third graders prepare to take a nap during the noon break on foldable chairs at a primary school in Liuyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 10, 2024. A batch of foldable chairs have been put into use at the classrooms of a primary school in Longfu Town of Liuyang City. The chairs, which can be laid down when students need to take a nap at noon, can greatly improve the sleeping quality of students. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-LIUYANG-PRIMARY SCHOOL-FOLDABLE CHAIRS (CN)

(240111) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Third graders prepare to take a nap during the noon break on foldable chairs at a primary school in Liuyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 10, 2024. A batch of foldable chairs have been put into use at the classrooms of a primary school in Longfu Town of Liuyang City. The chairs, which can be laid down when students need to take a nap at noon, can greatly improve the sleeping quality of students. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-LIUYANG-PRIMARY SCHOOL-FOLDABLE CHAIRS (CN)

(240111) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Third graders take a nap during the noon break on foldable chairs at a primary school in Liuyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 10, 2024. A batch of foldable chairs have been put into use at the classrooms of a primary school in Longfu Town of Liuyang City. The chairs, which can be laid down when students need to take a nap at noon, can greatly improve the sleeping quality of students. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-LIUYANG-PRIMARY SCHOOL-FOLDABLE CHAIRS (CN)

(240111) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Third graders take a nap during the noon break on foldable chairs at a primary school in Liuyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 10, 2024. A batch of foldable chairs have been put into use at the classrooms of a primary school in Longfu Town of Liuyang City. The chairs, which can be laid down when students need to take a nap at noon, can greatly improve the sleeping quality of students. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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Miss International at U.S. school

NEW YORK, United States - Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Miss International 2012, (2nd from left) is pictured showing third graders at public school Brooklyn P.S. 307 how to fold a paper frog as part of a surprise visit. She hopes to link the New York students with third graders at an elementary school in her hometown of Tosu, in Saga Prefecture. Picture taken at the school on Jan. 24, 2013.

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1.79 mil. students take achievement tests

TOKYO, Japan - Sixth graders of an elementary school in Tokyo take the education ministry's achievement tests on April 17, 2012. According to the ministry, around 1.79 million sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students nationwide sat the same day for unified achievement tests, after the tests were suspended last year in the wake of the March 2011 disaster.

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Japanese artist shares culture through kirie in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Shu Kubo, a ''kirie'' artist, watch third graders at PS59, an elementary school in Manhattan, New York, make kirie, Japanese traditional art of paper cutout, after showing them how to use an art knife to cut out papers on February 24, 2010.

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Nationally unified achievement tests conducted for 3rd year

INUYAMA, Japan - A teacher hands out to sixth graders test papers for unified achievement tests at an elementary school in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on April 21. About 2.35 million sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students across Japan sat for the tests, which were reinstated in 2007 after a 43-year hiatus.

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Panel recommends English study using songs, games

TOKYO, Japan - Education Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) looks at a report he received from Mineo Nakajima (R), president of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, on June 30. Nakajima heads an advisory panel aimed at reviewing and revising English-teaching methods in Japanese schools. His report recommended using methods such as singing and playing games to familiarize third graders and up with the English language.

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CHINA-JILIN-CHANGCHUN-COVID-19-SCHOOL-REOPEN (CN)

(220505) -- CHANGCHUN, May 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Third-graders of a senior high school take their temperatures to enter the school in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, May 5, 2022. Third-graders of senior high schools in Changchun resumed class on Thursday. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

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CHINA-JILIN-CHANGCHUN-COVID-19-SCHOOL-REOPEN (CN)

(220505) -- CHANGCHUN, May 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Third-graders of a senior high school take their temperatures to enter the school in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, May 5, 2022. Third-graders of senior high schools in Changchun resumed class on Thursday. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

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CHINA-JILIN-CHANGCHUN-COVID-19-SCHOOL-REOPEN (CN)

(220505) -- CHANGCHUN, May 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Third-graders of a senior high school are seen at a school in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, May 5, 2022. Third-graders of senior high schools in Changchun resumed class on Thursday. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

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Cardboard robot kit "M-Bot

Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, has signed a memorandum of understanding with TOMY and NTT DoCoMo regarding programming education in elementary schools, etc. The "e-Craft Series embot," a cardboard robot kit developed by NTT DoCoMo and manufactured and sold by TOMY, will be used in classes. It will be introduced to elementary schools and special needs schools in the ward after 2020, when programming education in elementary schools will become compulsory. The ward has allocated 14 million yen for the purchase of the kit and other expenses in the third supplementary budget plan for fiscal 2007. The classes using the kit are for 5th graders. During the fiscal year 2007, lessons for teachers and preliminary lessons will be held at some elementary schools. The results of the classes will be used as feedback for future product development. The ward plans to collaborate with the two companies in fields other than programming education. Photo taken on November 21, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Panel recommends English study using songs, games

TOKYO, Japan - Education Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) looks at a report he received from Mineo Nakajima (R), president of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, on June 30. Nakajima heads an advisory panel aimed at reviewing and revising English-teaching methods in Japanese schools. His report recommended using methods such as singing and playing games to familiarize third graders and up with the English language.

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(CORRECTED) Nationally unified achievement tests conducted for

INUYAMA, Japan - A teacher hands out to sixth graders test papers for unified achievement tests at an elementary school in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on April 21. About 2.35 million sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students across Japan sat for the tests, which were reinstated in 2007 after a 43-year hiatus. (Kyodo)

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Nationally unified achievement tests conducted for 3rd year

INUYAMA, Japan - A teacher hands out to sixth graders test papers for unified achievement tests at an elementary school in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on April 21. About 2.35 million sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students across Japan sat for the tests, which we were reinstated in 2007 after a 43-year hiatus. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Japanese artist shares culture through kirie in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Shu Kubo, a ''kirie'' artist, watch third graders at PS59, an elementary school in Manhattan, New York, make kirie, Japanese traditional art of paper cutout, after showing them how to use an art knife to cut out papers on February 24, 2010. (Kyodo)

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1.79 mil. students take achievement tests

TOKYO, Japan - Sixth graders of an elementary school in Tokyo take the education ministry's achievement tests on April 17, 2012. According to the ministry, around 1.79 million sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students nationwide sat the same day for unified achievement tests, after the tests were suspended last year in the wake of the March 2011 disaster. (Kyodo)