Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology released a draft of new version of curriculum guidelines for high school on Wednesday. Concerning rapid change of society, the ministry targets the students at their age of 18 as bearers of social responsibility. Social study in high schools will drastically be changed into conservative education for sovereign people. New guidelines will be introduced in 2022.
Recognizing highly informed modern society, the government lowered the youngest age of voters from 20 to 18 two years ago. It is likely that the age of adult in Civil Codes will also be 18 within a few years. Accordingly, education in high schools has to be aimed at raising students who can independently set up issues and find correct answers taking advantage of knowledge. The ministry expects future high school students to realize what and how they can achieve through the studying.
The draft requires every high school to introduce new class of “public,” which deals with relationship between people and society through studying politics or labor. The curriculum is expected to generate students’ ability of decision from various aspects or discussion from the viewpoint of participation in the society. It hopes high school education to get rid of tendency of simply memorizing what the textbook says.
Liberal Democratic Party has a draft of new constitution, which requires the people having “public mind.” While Constitution of Japan set a condition in exercising human rights, which demands the people not to interfere “public welfare,” LDP draft is aimed at further regulation on human rights in the name of “public.” The draft of new guidelines apparently follows the concept of LDP draft of new constitution to plant high school students “public mind.”
The guidelines also include new class of “general geography” and “general history.” While general geography deals with international cooperation or disaster prevention, general history requires the students studying modern history from the viewpoints of modernization, popularization or globalization. It hopes the students to have deep love on Japan’s homeland and history. This government coerces the people loving their country.
The draft determines that the islands of Northern Territory and Takeshima, which are in the dispute against Russia or South Korea, are inherited territory of Japan. Senkaku Islands, where Chinese governmental ships are sticking around, are regarded as with no territorial dispute. It is likely that South Korea or China will be frustrated with Japan’s view on history.
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