The Mie Education Committee is looking into the possibility of establishing a Junior High School Evening Classes (Yakan Chugaku – 夜間中学)* in the prefecture. The officials are gathering the opinions of as many people as possible through this survey to prepare related documents to analyze whether to set-up a Junior High evening classes. The government asks for everyone’s cooperation.

* Yakan Chugaku is a junior high school where classes are held in the evening hours.

View the survey here (click on your preferred language)

• Japanese
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Filipino
• Cebuano
• Chinese
• English

Survey Period

July 15th to September 9th, 2022

People who can join the evening class

Must be 15 years old and:

• Failed to graduate from primary school (shogakko) and/or high school (chugakko)
• Foreigners who cannot go to colleges (koko) because they do not have a high school graduation certificate.

About the evening class

• The monthly fee is free
• There are classes 5 times a week or every day
• Class content is the same as in day schools
• Classes are taught by qualified teachers
• If the entire curriculum is completed, the student will have graduated from chugakko

Example of class schedules

• 17:45~ (Orientation)
• 17:55~ (First period), 40 minutes
• 18:40~ (Second period), 40 minutes
• 19:30~ (Third period), 40 minutes
• 20:15~ (Fourth period), 40 minutes
• 20:55~ End of class for the day

* Currently, the Mie government is gathering participants for Manamie: Mie Teaching Night School. Click here for more details.

Contact (Japanese only)

Mie-ken Kyoiku Iinkai Jimukyoku Shochugakko Kyoiku-ka

(三重県教育委員会事務局　小中学校教育課)

TEL: 059-224-2963