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Elementary and junior high school students in Japan were absent from school for 30 days or more in record numbers due to factors besides illness and finances, an education ministry survey has found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The number of students categorized as “truant” in the 2022 school year survey reached 299,048, an increase of 54,108, or 22.1%, from the year prior. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s survey on problematic behavior and truancy at national and other public schools and private institutions nationwide also found a record-breaking 681,948 bullying cases in elementary, junior and senior high and special-needs schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The number of elementary and junior high school students deemed truant has risen for 10 consecutive years. Recent years have seen a particularly rapid surge, with an increase of over 100,000 during the two-year period since the 2020 school year, when there were 196,127 truant students. The ministry believes “the fact that the coronavirus pandemic changed the living environment and disrupted daily rhythm (among children) may have affected the increase.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Lethargy and anxiety” were together chosen as the most common factor for refusing to attend school at 51.8%, followed by “disrupted daily rhythm, playing and delinquency” at 11.4% and “trouble between friends” at 9.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the elementary and junior high school students who were deemed truant, 114,217, or 38.2%, were not receiving counseling or guidance in or out of school. Using digital devices or other means, 10,409 students took classes at home and were treated as attending in student records — the basis for report cards and school reports. There were 60,575 truant high school students, up 18.8% from the previous academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the number of recognized bullying cases increased 10.3% to 551,944 in elementary schools and 13.8% to 111,404 in junior high schools versus the previous academic year. Cases of “serious” bullying, in which a student suffers severe physical or mental damage or is forced into an extended absence, also increased by 30.7%, resulting in a record-high 923 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most common form of bullying was “being ridiculed, teased, slandered, threatened and the victim of nasty remarks” at 57.4%, followed by “being lightly bumped and hit or kicked while pretending to play” at 23.4% and “being ostracized or ignored in groups” at 11.7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The education ministry believes the rise in recognized bullying cases was influenced by increasing opportunities for children to interact with each other as school clubs and activities resumed following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regarding schools’ initial responses before bullying cases were marked “serious,” as many as 38.7% said they “didn’t even recognize bullying was occurring.” The ministry pointed out that “there were issues with schools’ recognition of bullying and organizational responses.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n