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Education in Japan. ( Source: tokyo-icc.jp)

My daughter Anika has received 6 years’ graduation (卒園式 Sotuensiki ) from Kanie kindergarten ( hoikuen) today. From April she will enter junior high school in Sado. She is very glad, but miss love of hikuen teachers and friends. For that, she was crying when we have said about new school.

I like Japanese education system as it prefer and give highest priority to character education, learning with joy and life skill development. There is no pass-fail issues. All students must be passed! Teacher and children together make efforts for children education.

Experiences of 2015

March is the month of class/ school in Japan. The closing of nursery ( Hoieken/ Hoiekshow 保育所) school during six age of children known as ‘Shomaski Shogakko’ ( Sotuensiki/ Shogakko ). It is the first phase of Japanese education. After this Sotuensiki event the children enter in junior school. In the closing event all student of school and parents, specially mother join.

I produced this Sotuensiki video in the event of Kanie Shogakko ( kindergarten) . The children received certificate. They performs testimonies and thanks teacher, parents and friends with song and music. The ‘Shomaski Shogakko’ event creates emotional environment during thanks giving. Some teachers and students cry for separation. Japanese teacher love and take care the students in Hoieken like own babies. The headmaster delivers speech with advices for next phase of education. To overcome emotions, after closing also children go to school.

In Japan 100% children ( except serious disable ) go to school, but primary education not free like Bangladesh. Parents have to pay proportional to their income from 6,000 ~ 30,000 yen per month.

My daughter ‘Anika’ has finished ‘Hoieken’ this year. From April she will go to new school ‘Kanie Junior’ (佐渡市立金井小学校) by walking herself. My wife made rule, I must have to bring youngest son ‘Koon’ in Hoiken by walking. This is my exercise. No car will be used from April to bring children in school! I am silence but not worried to walk, as April is the month of Sakuara. I will be able observe every morning the beauty of ‘Cherry Blossom’.

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