Child rearing in Japan
From child birth to school enrollment
Learn 3 required procedures you are obliged to go through at a municipal office when you have become a father or a mother of a child. Let us see how things are going in child rearing scenes in Japan by following Child Rearing Flowchart for Foreign Residents.
① 3 necessarry procedures you must go through
This information and flowchart were compiled by "KANAGAWA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION", an official site for supporting child rearing foreign residents in Japan.
Enrollment procedure for Elementary School and Junior High School of Japan
Let us learn necessarry procedures to take before starting school
When enrolling in to a Japanese Elementary School/Junior High School, or transferring from a school to another, you have to come to a municipal office to go thtough necessarry procedures.
Check how procedures go, what to prepare, schedule at school, etc. in advance in order to start school with few troubles.
Supplementary Japanese-Learning Program at Elementary & Junior High Schools
Japanese language guidance at Elementary Schools and Junior High Schools
Japanese Language Guidance Course
Japanese Language Guidance Course is a municipal support system provided for children with no school experience in Japan and in need of special arrangement to learn Japanese.
Ask your classroom teacher when you need to use this system,
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On Senior High School Entrance Examination
Students who want to enter a senior high school need to sit for and pass an entrance examination. Entrance examination is carried out in each winter.
Kawaguchi City is holding “Senior High School Entrance Examination Explanatory Meeting for Non-Japanese Speaking Children and Parents” in each summer. Also, Saitama Prefecture is holding “Guidance for Entering Senior High School for Non-Japanese speaking children and parents”. At these two sessions, teachers from senior high schools will give participants who have already finished school curriculum equivalent of Japan’s Junior High School, or students currently attending a Japan’s Junior High School on Senior High School entrance examination system as well as how you spend at Senior High School. As for details on school system and tuition fee, etc. please refer to sites below.
【Kawaguchi City】Senior High School Entrance Examination Explanatory Meeting
【Saitama Prefecture】Guidance for Entering High School
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