Kategorie: Japan

Japan: „Primarily due to severe competition to enter the country’s top universities, 60 % of students follow some sort of out-of-school

„In 2011, Japan increased the total number of study hours per year in order to decrease dependence on juku schools.

Japan: „The share of private expenditure on tertiary educational institutions is 66 %, more than twice the OECD average of 30 %.“

„One of the most marked characteristics of Japanese society is the high status attached to education, which is seen as

Japan: „Yano Research Institute, based in Tokyo, estimated that during the 2012 fiscal year, the private preparatory school market in

„Students in Japan and Korea spend many hours in private afterschool programmes drilling and practising, and these countries often have

„Across OECD countries, 18 % of students skipped at least one class and 15% skipped at least an entire day of

„Some 7 % of students in Japan and 9 % of students in Korea attend schools where more than 10 % of students

„21 juku are large enough to be publicly listed on the stock exchange.“ OECD (Hrsg.), „Lessons from PISA for Korea“

„The highest-performing educational systems recruit their teachers from the top third of each cohort of graduates (top 5 % in Korea,