what japans drop out rate?

Question

or any asians or europans couranty droup out rate

Answer 1

"Government statistics show that in 1998, children from elementary and junior high schools who have been absent continuously for 30 days reached a record high of 127,692, or 21.1 percent higher than in the previous year." [1]

"Drop-outs and juvenile delinquents comprise a relatively small, if growing, proportion of the school-aged population. More than 95% of junior high school students advance to high school, with over 13% and 30% of high school graduates advancing to junior college and university, respectively. It is rare for a student to flunk out of any school for any reason after being admitted." [2]

"By 1997 Japan's senior high-schools had in excess of 110,000 drop-outs; records in 1998 clocked up over 127,000 truants at elementary and junior high schools, while high percentages of pupils at all levels of education were unable to cope, or keep up, with everyday projects. Teachers' groups also recorded increases in bullying, juvenile delinquency, student violence against each other and teachers, as well as classroom anarchy." [3]

There obviously is some discrepancy in the reports above. Japanese law requires students to finish junior high but does not require them to graduate from high school or to stay until a certain age (although it used to be until they were 15). However, as a teacher in Japanese schools for almost 20 years, I can personally say that the problem is getting worse rather than better. Absenteeism, truancy, bullying, violence ... all on the rise.