Egypt turns to Japanese model to reform education
Egypt, whose educational system is seen as widely lacking, is seeking to invigorate its school system by adopting aspects of the Japanese whole child educational model.
Egypt is turning to the Japanese model in education to reform the school system, which has been suffering for years from government neglect.
The Egyptian Education Ministry said it had applied the Japanese “Tokubetsu Katsudo (Tokkatsu)” whole child education model in 12 Egyptian schools and would be applying the model in 100 others. The ministry also said it would establish 100 new Egyptian-Japanese schools, which will be completed in the coming academic year.
The Tokkatsu method is an essential component in the Japanese education curriculum, which seeks a balanced development of social, emotional, physical and academic aspects of children through various activities. The activities include cultural and sports events as well as interactive classroom discussion between teachers and children to promote active learning.
In Japanese elementary schools, students participate in special activities, including cleaning the classroom and being the class leader for a day (nitchoku).
