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	Secondary education in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Japan, the School Education Law was revised in 1998, and secondary schools (中等教育学校, chūtōkyōikugakkō, literally, secondary education school) was newly recognized.
		Schools are headed by principals, 99% of whom were men in 1988.
		All upper-secondary schools, public and private, are informally ranked, based on their success in placing graduates in freshman classes of the most prestigious universities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secondary_education_in_Japan (2470 words)

	Media Education in Finnish Upper Secondary Schools
		There is no upper limit to the number of courses that can be taken in upper secondary school, but to compensate for the extra courses in the media programme, media students can choose to leave out altogether 8 of the obligatory courses in the core curriculum.
		Upper secondary schools must reinforce the active relationship of students with the media, their interaction skills and their co-operation with the local/regional media.
		Upper secondary schools should do their part in the future as well, but they should not be the only source of media education.
	www.uta.fi /~inkeri.silvennoinen/fininst.html (4010 words)

	Japan: Complete report
		Upper secondary schools started in 1948 with full-time and part-time courses, and the proportion of lower secondary school leavers going on to upper secondary education increased from 42.5% to 90% within a quarter of a century.
		Upper secondary schools aim to build on the basis of the education provided in lower secondary schools and to provide children who have completed the lower secondary stage with general and specialized secondary education suited to their level of mental and physical development.
		In these schools and classes, the education is adapted to the needs of the children in accordance with the type and degree of their disability.
	www2.unesco.org /wef/countryreports/japan/rapport_1.html (2161 words)

	Upper Secondary and Adult Education
		Study assistance at upper secondary level comprises a general study grant representing a continuation of child allowance and payable to all students from the age of 16 and a needs-tested grant towards the cost of studies and daily travel.In addition, there is an adult study assistance scheme for both long-term and short-term studies.
		In the upper secondary school for young people with mental handicaps, there is within the individual programme scope for vocational and activity training, for those with a disability preventing them from participating in any of the national programmes.
		In the upper secondary school and adult education for people with mental handicaps, as well as in the teaching of Swedish to immigrants, the grading criteria “Pass” and “Pass with distinction” are used.
	www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/mirror2/SI/security/uppersec.html (4415 words)

	Japan Upper-Secondary School - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		In the 1980s, private upper-secondary schools occupied the highest levels of this hierarchy, and there was substantial pressure to do well in the examinations that determined the upper-secondary school a child entered.
		There are some private schools for the children of the foreign community in Japan, and there are some Korean schools for children of Japan's Korean minority population, many of whom are secondgeneration or third-generation residents in Japan.
		Upper-secondary school graduates choosing to enter the labor force are supported by a very effective system of job placement, which, combined with favorable economic conditions, keeps the unemployment rate among new graduates quite low (see The Structure of Japan's Labor Market, ch.
	www.photius.com /countries/japan/society/japan_society_upper_secondary_scho~374.html (1221 words)

	DOUBLE QUALIFICATIONS BY COOPERATION BETWEEN ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In response to this a nine-year comprehensive school was introduced in 1968 by unifying the primary school and the middle and the folk school of the lower secondary level.
		The youth school aspect of the plan aroused considerable debate and political opposition from the conservative parties and the representatives of the academic upper secondary schools, while the AMK institutions were generally accepted.
		On their visits to the top forms of comprehensive schools and to school open evenings for the parents of the children the counsellors have noticed that very few students and parents know about the DQ option and that some of them are really surprised when they hear about it.
	www.jyu.fi /ktl/PaivVuor/bPaVu7.htm (10289 words)

	Japan - Primary and Secondary Education
		Thus, students in elementary and lower-secondary schools are not grouped or taught on the basis of their ability, nor is instruction geared to individual differences.
		Private schools tended to be costly, although the rate of cost increases in tuition for these schools had slowed in the 1980s.
		Schools are headed by principals, 99 percent of whom were men in 1988.
	countrystudies.us /japan/78.htm (4024 words)

	Archived:Training Year: Teacher Induction in Japan
		Most upper secondary schools offer a general curriculum, but, unlike elementary and lower secondary schools, are differentiated according to the academic goals and abilities of the students and, in some cases, academic or vocational specialization.
		All schools in Japan can be divided into three groups according to the type of organization responsible for their administration: national, administered and supported solely by the national government; public, administered by prefectural boards of education and supported by both prefectural and local funds; and private, administered and supported by private foundations.
		The program was implemented in all lower secondary schools in 1990, in all upper secondary schools in 1991, and in all schools for the disabled in 1992.
	www.ed.gov /pubs/APEC/ch4.html (2623 words)

	UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS
		The number of upper secondary schools at the end of the 2003/2004 school year increased by 1.1%, as compared to the end of the 2002/2003 school year, while the number of class units did not significantly change.
		Thus, there were 70.1% of female students in secondary art schools, 63.0% in grammar schools, 50.5% in technical and related schools and only 37.2% in industrial and crafts schools.
		Students enrolled in upper secondary schools learn one, two or three foreign languages, providing that at least one foreign language is obligatory for all students.
	www.dzs.hr /Eng/Publication/2005/8-1-3_1e2005.htm (225 words)

	Upper Secondary School - Skolverket
		At the end of the upper secondary school program, students receive a final grade (leaving certificate), which is a compilation of the grades for all of the courses included in the study program.
		Most upper secondary schools are municipal and most students attend a school in the municipality where they reside.
		All upper secondary programs for pupils with learning disabilities are 4-year programs and offer a guaranteed number of course hours, 3 600 hours, divided between core- and program-specific subjects.
	www.skolverket.se /sb/d/354/a/1239 (1235 words)

	UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS END OF 2004/2005 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING OF 2005/2006 SCHOOL YEAR
		According to the methodology of statistical data collection, they include 679 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme, which was by 2.1% more than at the end of the 2003/2004 school year.
		Thus, there were 70.1% of female students in secondary art schools, 62.7% in grammar schools, 49.9% in technical and related schools and only 36.6% in industrial and crafts schools.
		Students, who enrolled in upper secondary schools, learn one, two or three foreign languages, providing that at least one foreign language is obligatory for all students.
	www.dzs.hr /Eng/Publication/2006/8-1-3_1e2006.htm (275 words)

	ED.gov
		Though most public high schools are under the direct jurisdiction of prefectural and local governments, a small percentage of high schools are maintained directly by the national government.
		The high school curriculum for students who pursue the general (academic) program include both regular subjects and special activities (moral education is presumed to be incorporated in other subjects at the high school level).
		In junior high schools, testing becomes focused on preparing students for high school entrance exams, for promotion to high school education is not automatic, and students compete for positions in high schools.
	www.ed.gov /offices/OUS/PES/int_japan.html (1581 words)

	The City of Tampere - Education - General upper secondary education
		Studying in an upper secondary school is more theoretical than in comprehensive school, and the methods used are different from basic education.
		Five of the upper secondary schools in Tampere have been authorised to carry out special assignments on a national level, in addition to working as institutions of general upper secondary education.
		Instruction in the upper secondary school for adults is given between 16:00 and 20:40 hours.
	www.tampere.fi /english/education/generaluppersecondaryeducation/index.html (655 words)

	Helsinki.fi - Education
		Upper secondary schools provide general education after the comprehensive school.
		Those who have completed general upper secondary education may continue their studies in universities and other institutions of higher education.
		Some general upper secondary schools provide focus education and likewise most special upper secondary schools also have streams for general upper secondary education.
	www.helsinki.fi /en/index/koulutusjaopiskelu/lukiot_ja_ammattioppilaitokset/lukiokoulutus.shtml (325 words)

	Upper secondary schools and adult education in Göteborg
		Upper Secondary Schools provides programmes for vocational and traditional studies all of which cover three years and lead to general qualification for university studies.
		Riksgymnasiet (RGRH) is one of four national upper secondary schools for disabled students in Sweden.
		Upper secondary schools cooperate with corporations and City Offices i Göteborg by providing courses for their employees on commission.
	www.educ.goteborg.se /prod/ubf/utbildningsforvaltningen/dalis2.nsf/vyPublicerade/941AE0401ADCBB4BC12571BC004BA815?OpenDocument (605 words)

	Distributed learning in the Nordic Countries and Canada
		On upper levels of the school system, in upper-secondary and higher education, students living in remote areas have had to move, often with their families, in order to pursue their education.
		Schools have relied on few teachers that are responsible for teaching many subjects and who have had to remain generalists without specialising in any subject.
		That is why many of these upper secondary schools are networking with each other or with adult (distance) upper secondary schools, in order to be able to continue to provide their students with an adequate range of courses, for example, acquired or exchanged at a distance from another educational establishment.
	www.eurodl.org /materials/contrib/2004/Arnor_Gudmundsson.htm (6894 words)

	The City of Tampere - Education - Comprehensive schools and general upper secondary schools - Text version
		In addition to the schools maintained by the City, comprehensive education is provided by Normaalikoulu, which is a state-maintained school for teacher training.
		In Tampere there are eight city-maintained general upper secondary schools and a general upper secondary school for adults.
		In the general upper secondary school of Tampereen lyseon lukio, it is possible to take the international Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
	www.tampere.fi /text/education/schools/index.html (219 words)

	Upper Secondary Distance Learning
		The institutes are mostly regular upper secondary schools and upper secondary schools for adults but include also some vocational schools.
		The local activity of upper secondary distance learning institutes has strengthened and distance learning is beginning to establish itself as one of the educational routes for both young people and adults.
		Gradually also regular upper secondary schools are joining the distance learning networks in places where there are no upper secondary schools for adults or where the distance to such schools is long.
	www.oph.fi /etalukio/project.html (1103 words)

	Completing the Foundation for Lifelong Learning - An OECD Survey of Upper Secondary Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It sheds light on how upper secondary schools are managed and financed, on their approaches to securing qualified teachers and the difficulties they face with this, and their efforts to support the professional development of teachers.
		It also compares student admission policies and how upper secondary schools support students in their transition to the world of work as well as the extent to which schools are successful in integrating information and communication technologies into the instructional process.
		While the primary objective of the survey was to develop insights into the functioning of upper secondary school systems, it has also served to pilot new methodologies that allow for cross-country comparisons at the level of educational institutions.
	www.oecd.org /edu/isuss (1896 words)

	Agreement on a Structural Reform
		In collaboration with the institutions, including the binding partnerships between upper secondary schools and higher preparatory examination courses, the regions should coordinate the effort in terms of the geographic location of the educational facilities in the region and the capacity with a view to ensuring a sufficient and varied range of educational options for everyone.
		In addition to the binding partnerships between upper secondary schools and higher preparatory examination courses, the regions will be responsible for coordination of the allocation of students at these institutions.
		When the upper secondary schools and the higher preparatory examination courses are converted to taximeter financing, it will be taken into account that the upper secondary schools as ”mono institutions” basically are more vulnerable to fluctuations in intake and activities than the technical and vocational schools.
	www.im.dk /publikationer/agreement/kap04.html (1135 words)

	Upper Secondary Education Development - ADB.org
		Significant disparities in enrollment and cycle completion between rural and urban and among ethnic groups appear at the upper secondary level.
		The upper secondary education subsector is geared to reduce poverty in Viet Nam by promoting greater access to upper secondary education nationally and for females, especially those from poor and ethnic minority backgrounds.
		The poor and ethnic minorities, for various cultural and economic reasons, are underrepresented in upper secondary education.
	www.adb.org /Documents/IndigenousPeoples/vie/vie-upper-secondary-educ-dev.asp (264 words)

	Upper Secondary Schools - Lunds kommun
		Upper secondary education in Lund is provided by four municipal upper secondary schools: Katedralskolan, Polhemskolan, Spyken and Vipeholmsskolan.
		In addition, Magleskolan offers pupils individual study programmes, and there are eight independent upper secondary schools.
		A pupil who has completed his compulsory education has the right to begin an upper secondary education up until the calendar year he/she turns twenty.
	www.lund.se /templates/Page____25727.aspx (103 words)

	Statistics Iceland - Statistics » Education » Upper secondary schools
		Dropout from upper secondary education by sex, age, mode of teaching and type of programme 2002-2003
		Dropout from upper secondary education by sex, year of study, mode of teaching and amount of study 2002-2003
		Educational personnel in schools at upper secondary level by sex, type of school, domicile and occupation 2000-2005
	www.statice.is /?PageID=1296 (257 words)

	Innovative Approaches to Increase Access of Poor Girls to Secondary Education in Cambodia
		While primary education enrollment rates have improved significantly, with participation rates of 84% for boys and 81% for girls, the enrollment rates for secondary education have dropped drastically over the last six years to 17% for boys and 8% for girls in upper secondary grades.
		In addition, for reasons of personal security, girls are generally not permitted to travel long distances and live away from families to attend upper secondary schools because there are no secure residential facilities away from home.
		The grant will help about 300 poor girls in the selected pilot schools, who will be chosen based on merit, the distance of their homes from the school, and the socioeconomic status of their families.
	www.adb.org /Media/Articles/2006/10000-Cambodia-secondary-education/default.asp (494 words)

	OECD Identifies "Disappointing" Use of ICT in Upper Secondary Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Despite the large sums of money spent on ICT, fewer than 20 per cent of students attend schools where there are enough workstations for every teacher to have one, according to this OECD report.
		Particularly well developed career guidance systems are to be found in Denmark, Finland, Korea and Ireland, where more than 80 per cent of students receive individual career counselling in the last year of their upper secondary programmes.
		Assessing countries across these and other benchmarks derived from the study (see Figure 1), indicates that all countries have strengths and weaknesses within their upper secondary school systems.
	www.oecd.org /document/18/0,2340,en_2649_34487_26302546_1_1_1_1,00.html (819 words)

	COMP@CT - Interesting examples - Upper secondary schools 4
		Students could use pc's in the computerrooms at school.
		The role of the topic coordinator (a teacher of a participating school) and an assistant (a student appointed by the topic coordinator) was important: they could in some cases motivate the students to work better by sending messages to those students.
		The use of new technologies at school improved (e.g.
	compact.eduprojects.net /interesting_examples__upper_secondary_schools_4.html (475 words)

	Smoking Patterns Among Adolescents With Asthma Attending Upper Secondary Schools: A Community-Based Study -- Precht et ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Smoking Patterns Among Adolescents With Asthma Attending Upper Secondary Schools: A Community-Based Study -- Precht et al.
		Setter C, Peter R, Siegrist J, Hort W. Impact of school and vocational education on smoking behaviour: results from a large-scale study on adolescents and young adults in Germany.
		Association of depressive symptoms and school adolescents’ smoking: a cross-lagged analysis.
	pediatrics.aappublications.org /cgi/content/full/111/5/e562 (3179 words)

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