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Japan’s education system has been somewhat modeled after the American education system, but also has qualities of the European education system. 3.5% of the gross domestic product is spent on Japan’s education system. Japanese children attend primary or elementary school for six years. Students then progress to three years in middle school. After completing middle school, students will spend three years at a high school. In the past, the Japanese government has discussed merging elementary and primary schools, to allow teachers to share resources. The Japanese education system is often thought of to be quite rigorous compared to the American education system. Students spend more time in school and have fewer holidays, and also have high school entrance exams. The Japanese school year begins in April, and ends the following March. There are three terms in the Japanese school year: spring, summer, and winter. Students have a brief winter and spring break, and only have one month of summer vacation. Students will spend six years in primary school. As of 2007, 101.5% of males and females had access to primary schooling. The average age of those attending primary schools in Japan is six years old. There are approximately eighteen students per teacher in a primary school classroom. 7,427,059 males and females enrolled in secondary schooling in 2007. 97.97% enrollment rate for both male and female students in Japan. There are approximately 12 students per teacher in secondary schools in Japan. This is a lower student/teacher ratio than the primary schools in Japan have. In 2009, approximately 6,608,534 students were enrolled in tertiary schooling in Japan. This number is slightly lower than the amount of students enrolled in secondary schools. The total number of graduates from tertiary school was 1,062,444 in 2007. 64.9% of primary school teachers in Japan are female. This number drops to 31% when considering the amount of female staff members in secondary schools. 9.5% of the government expenditure is focused on education. The total public education expenditure per pupil in Japan is 21.5% based on GDP per capita.
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