Central Japan firms helping teach Japanese to foreign workers' kids

According to a 2023 survey by the education ministry, nearly 58,000 students of foreign nationality across the country are in need of Japanese language education. The figure has almost doubled in the past 10 years.

That survey makes as if those kids weren't not studying, in fact now there's online homeschooling.

So parent have choice not to bring their kids to Japanese school, when they feel not suitable for their kids development and family culture.

In fact those kids may have other advantage such as foreign language, creativity and critical thinking that really lack from Japanese education.

What a dumb idea. Those companies are not in the business of education. The education ministry and local school boards needs to set up proper language instruction programs with professional teachers, as in Germany, Canada and other developed countries. 12,000 kids in Aichi alone, Yeah, a handful of business people and volunteers are going to educate them all. Crazy.

Another case of Japanese corporations and governments wanting lots of cheap foreign labor but refusing to take proper responsibility.

RE: Foreign workers are invaluable to the central Japan region,

Good to see their value recognized.

He@JeffLee you are right .

Central Japan firms helping teach Japanese to foreign workers' kids

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The Japanese state is one of the meanest of the OECD countries when it comes to spending money on education for their own citizens, let alone foreign kids.