about the educational system in Australia, China and Japan

2.  Primary school is for 6 years
 High School is for 6 years
› Junior High : 12-16 years old
› (Junior Secondary Certtificate)

3.  Senior High
 16 -18 years old : Senior Secondary Certificate
 College is for 3 – 6 years
 Develop their capabilities in participating to
workforce.
 Advance knowledge and understanding
 Aid the application of knowledge and
understanding the benefit of the economy and
society
 Enables individual to adopt and learn
 Continue to civilized democratic society

4.  Academic Years begin in March and
ends in November
 3 years (Arts, Science, and Commerce)
 4 years (Education and Engineering)
 5 years (Veterinary, Science, Dentistry,
Architecture)
 6 years (Medicine and Surgery)
 Bachelors – Masteral – Post Graduate
Diploma

5.  200M students attending public
schools taught by over 9M teacher
 Largest educational system
 Syllabi are written by scientist and
professor hired by National
Educational Commission
 Primary School – 6 years
 Development of cognitive skills

6.  High school – 6 years
3 years of middle school
3 years of senior school
 6 years in college level
 Varieties of technical and vocational
schools

7.  Highly centralized and
administered by Mombusho or
Ministry of Education
 Model of how to operate schools
 Obedient, quiet school children
and listening to the teacher to
pass the subject

8. Educational system is divided into 5
basic levels:
1. Kindergarten
2. Elementary school (6years)
3. Lower secondary school (3years)
4. Upper (3years)
5. College (4years)

9.  Japanese students spends243days a
year in school
 Subjects: Language, Social studies,
Math and Science along with Arts,
Music, HE, PE and Japanese language
 Lower Secondary cover: grade 7, 8 &
9
 Men compose of 2/3 of the teachers
in this level.

10.  Upper secondary schools offer
academic, technical and vocational
program.
 1ST year courses includes Japanese
language, English, science & math
 Vocational course includes:
Information processing, navigation,
fish farming, ceramics & business
English. It is ranked based on their
success in placing graduating
students in prestigious universities.

11.  Higher Education:
 Junior colleges: home economics,
nursing, teaching, humanities and
social sciences.
 The students must take 2 exams:
1. National achievement test
2. Given by the university itself
RONIN: which originally meant SAMURAI
 60% of the Universities have graduate
schools, but only 7% of university
graduates gets master degree.