Education Ministry despises parents
Posted by Matt Dioguardi on October 13th, 2007
Prefectures to keep school results secret
Not one of the nation’s 47 prefectural governments intends to release the results of national achievement tests in math and Japanese conducted in April for primary school sixth-graders and third-year middle school students, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey. The Education, Science and Technology Ministry provides the test results of each city, town and village and each school to the respective prefectural boards of eduction, but the prefectural governments are reluctant to make public such results as they want to prevent schools from being ranked and excessive competition among schools. They are also brushing off demands from residents seeking information disclosure, citing a principle of nondisclosure when it comes to such data.
Who pays for these schools? You mean we’re just supposed to pay money for these schools, send our children there, and then ask no questions?
Why is it that bureaucrats always so despise the populace they serve?
If these were private schools (or after hour cram schools), they would not be able to give you the results fast enough.