This programme focuses on two Tokyo schools, Suginami Dai Elementary and Koenji Junior High, to find out what role Japanese education has to play in encouraging children to have good manners and respect for others.
Amongst other things, it reveals how a sense of obligation to help others is encouraged. Pupils are asked to work in groups with particular responsibilities, including serving each other lunch, and cleaning the school buildings.
The Japanese Ministry of Education is torn between the importance of encouraging children's individual strengths, and a fear that if there is too much emphasis on this young people may no longer feel a sense of public duty.
As a result, schools are putting increased emphasis on moral education lessons, with great pressure on teachers to cultivate a sense of morality and citizenship.
Published: 19 May 2008
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