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Other reasons are that the parents of ''fushugaku'' children want their children to go to a school where they would use their native language. However, such schools cost between 30,000 and 50,000 yen per month, so parents cannot afford to send their children.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} |
Other reasons are that the parents of ''fushugaku'' children want their children to go to a school where they would use their native language. However, such schools cost between 30,000 and 50,000 yen per month, so parents cannot afford to send their children.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} |
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It is required by law that Japanese students go to school for 9 years covering elementary through junior high school. However, this requirement does not exist for children with foreign citizenship living in japan. For this reason it is not uncommon for these children to not go to school.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Horiguchi|first=Sachiko|title=Are Children Who Do Not Go to School “Bad,” “Sick,” or “Happy”?: Shifting Interpretations of Long-Term School Nonattendance in Postwar Japan|publisher=[[springer]]|year=2018|isbn=978-981-13-1528-2|location=|pages=131}}</ref> In May of 2019, an [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|MEXT]] survey found that 15.8% of eligible foreign students are not attending Japanese elementary and junior high schools. |
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Fushūgaku (不就学) is a Japanese term meaning non-attendance of school.
Characteristics
There are a number of reasons as to why these children do not go to school. There are many cases where they cannot understand the Japanese language. In other cases they may be able to understand both Japanese and their own native language, but their level of conversation is insufficient to participate in class lessons. Bullying by native Japanese students may also contribute to their choice not to attend school.[1] In other cases, the children have parents who both work to support the family, and the children end up being left at home alone. In these families, they spend time together late at night after their parents stop working. On their parents' day off, they go out late at night together (shopping, etc.) They pass their time at autonomous Japanese language classrooms that were built for the children of foreigners. These parents are usually blue-collar workers.[citation needed]
Other reasons are that the parents of fushugaku children want their children to go to a school where they would use their native language. However, such schools cost between 30,000 and 50,000 yen per month, so parents cannot afford to send their children.[citation needed]
It is required by law that Japanese students go to school for 9 years covering elementary through junior high school. However, this requirement does not exist for children with foreign citizenship living in japan. For this reason it is not uncommon for these children to not go to school.[2] In May of 2019, an MEXT survey found that 15.8% of eligible foreign students are not attending Japanese elementary and junior high schools.
See also
References
- ^ "Japan's all too tentative opening to immigration". Japan Watching. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ Horiguchi, Sachiko (2018). Are Children Who Do Not Go to School “Bad,” “Sick,” or “Happy”?: Shifting Interpretations of Long-Term School Nonattendance in Postwar Japan. springer. p. 131. ISBN 978-981-13-1528-2.
- Sakuma, Kōsei. Gaikokujin no kodomo no fushūgaku : ibunka ni hirakareta kyōiku to wa. Keisō Shobō. ISBN 978-4-326-29886-0.
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