从今年9月开始,日本分阶段(先小学、后中学)实施学校五日制(即星期六停课制)。这是该国自1872年开始实行学制120年来,划时代的教育改革,是日本教育史上的一个新起点。日本文部省之所以采取这一具有历史性的举动,缘起干教育体制偏重学历的社会风气带来了一系列问题。目前,孩子们在校学习课程过密,考试竞争激烈, Starting in September of this year, Japan implements the school’s five-day schooling system (that is, the primary school and the postsecondary school). This is the epoch-making education reform that the country has implemented since 1202 in 1872. It is a new starting point in the history of Japanese education. The reason why the Japanese Ministry of Education and Culture took this historic move was to cause a series of problems. At present, children’s studies in schools are too intensive and the examination competition is intense.