It was a great privilege to study different countries especially Japan whose name

is popular because of its contribution in the advancement of technology. I was very

excited to learn from their educational system. How it is different from the other
countries like the Philippines that until now still remains on its foot on the flat
ground. We are still underdeveloped country.

It was then that I learned that Japan is exercising a first 9 years in school as
compulsory. They adopted a system of automatic progression. Free elementary
education. They gave much importance on sciences even if children are still in
elementary level. They already train children in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and
Geology at the very young age. In the Philippines, there is only one science
subject and it is very basic in the elementary. Some schools are having a mismatch
of subjects; teacher teaching not their field of specialization.

I also have noted that Japan’s education during high school, students have to take
all the science subjects compulsory, then as years and level go up in senior high
school, they introduce basic science and in the second year, a student has to
select one or two science subjects for strengthening on the next level on the 3rd
year in senior high school. They rest assured that students do not flunk during
elementary and junior and school. They also exercise school lunch law and school
health law. Unlike the Philippines, Japan is using a descriptive type of grading
system.
Since Japan is giving more focus on sciences naturally, they also earned
advancement of technology. They became the most industrialized country. Their
economic has improved a lot. In fact, Japan now is the number 1 country. Japan has
surpassed America’s greatness.

I realized that why not Philippines do the same thing, giving focus on science
subjects? Perhaps like Japan our economy will also grow. Second realization is
that, as an administrator, I have to modify our curriculum and give more strength
on science subjects. I’m thinking of letting our pupils explore on simple
experiments while they are still young to let them love science during foundation
stage.