Hong Kong teachers exit under shadow of security law
Some former teachers say they felt disillusioned and threatened by the authoritarian turn the city has taken since Beijing imposed a stringent national security law in June 2020.
Japan's virus wave shows just how far digitalization of schools still has to go
Japanese schools have long relied on conventional teaching methods, and an abrupt shift to remote learning has revealed how many are still wedded to them.
Schools take action against rising pandemic-linked student suicides
Schools across Japan are stepping up measures against student suicides that have been on the rise amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In March, education minister Koichi Hagiuda asked the Central Council for Education, an advisory panel, to review the license renewal rules to ease burdens on teachers.
School's out for the Tokyo Olympics as parents and teachers reconsider trips
Many schools have pulled out of a program intended to let hundreds of thousands of children see the world's best athletes compete.
Japan’s teachers are fed up with staying after school
The Japanese education system, once the envy of the West, is no longer getting the support it used to according to teachers.
Bill on rehiring teachers fired for sexual acts with children clears Diet
A new law aims to make it more difficult for educators who lost their teaching licenses due to acts of sexual violence to work again.
More than 125,000 Myanmar teachers suspended for opposing coup
The suspensions have come days before the start of a new school year, which some teachers and parents are boycotting as part of a civil disobedience campaign.
New reforms aimed at improving elementary school education in Japan
The Japanese government will cooperate with local governments to further improve the teaching system at public elementary schools in Japan, education minister Koichi Hagiuda said this week. Hagiuda and other government officials met with representatives from local governments, including the National Governors' Association, to discuss ...
Ruling party proposes database to help protect children from sex crimes
Yasufumi Tanahashi met with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to turn in the proposal, aimed at preventing people who have committed such crimes from becoming teachers or cram school tutors.
Teacher-student communication scrutinized in wake of sexual misconduct
In fiscal 2019, 273 teachers at public schools received disciplinary action or a reprimand for sexual misconduct, the second-highest figure on record.
School's out in much of the world, but Japanese teachers are happy to return
Japan’s situation contrasts sharply with that in other countries, where the question of whether to reopen schools has become a hot-button political issue.
