SolutionsWhat kind of countermeasures are made?
The "Hamamatsu model" was established through discussions at the executive committee consisting of not only Japanese but also the Consul General of Brazil.
- School guidance at the time of transfer
- Continuous grasp of school attendance status (linkage of basic resident register and school age book system, home visit)
- Detailed support for school attendance (interviews with parents, educational consultation, school attendance guidance, etc.)
- Guidance for those who are equivalent to school age at the Alien Registration Card
- Understanding the school attendance status through cooperation between who are person in charge the Alien Registration Card and the Board of Education
- The association, which is a private volunteer organization, and the Kani City Board of Education collaborate to create a multilingual career / advancement guidebook and start holding a multilingual career / advancement counseling session.
- Establishment of scholarship system fund for foreign students
- Activities to support the educational environment of foreign children, such as supplementary classrooms for foreign children
A classroom that is offered for the purpose of being a bridge that allows you to return to school,
due to financial reasons, bullying, poor learning, etc.
They are providing a place for learning and accepting temporarily to
children of compulsory education age who are not attending school
Content
Promotion of school attendance
Making schooling refugees to go to school by coordinating with the school (coordination of each department)
Guidance required for school
They are providing Japanese language instruction, instruction for each subject, and mother tongue instruction which is necessary for going to school.
Interaction with the local community
They are doing this to adapt to Japanese life and culture.
（Quoted from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology "Enrollment Promotion Project for Children of Settled Foreigners" ）
- Japanese：Reading stories, writing Hiragana (a syllabary used in Japanese writing) and Kanji (adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system.), making Senryu (three-line Japanese poetic form that focuses on human nature, generally with an ironic or darkly comedic edge.)
- Math：Calculations such as addition and subtraction and multiplication tables
- Science：Students themselves actually conduct experiments to learn while experiencing, about thermometers, growing vegetables from seeds by themselves,etc.
- Event：Cherry-blossom viewing (which is called “Ohanami”) on the ground, kite making, strips on Tanabata, rice planting experience, school camp, etc. （Quoted from the school corporation Mundo de Alegria "Rainbow Bridge Classroom, a project commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" ）
Opinion
When it comes to sending materials or making a phone call, you are not able to see the person's face, so it is hard to get how much they can speak Japanese, what was the reason that they can’t go to school, or how they are willing to do to school and so on so it is hard to provide guidance that suits that person. I feel that it is not very effective in promoting school attendance.
The efforts that Hamamatsu City is making are amazing! I think this model, in which the board of education, schools, and international exchange associations work closely together to solve the problem of school attendance, should be imitated by other local governments and governments.
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