Ensuring the Right to Education for Non-attending Children:An Exploration of the Institutional Development of Free Schools in Japan
The free schools in Japan are educational facilities specifically established for children who do not attend regular schools.They advocate that school refusal is not a disease and,while destigmatizing school non-attendance,they engage in flexible and diverse educational practices,playing a unique role in ensuring the right to education for non-attending children.Since the 1980s,free schools have gradually evolved from grassroots educational facilities into specialized legal entities,becoming important providers of educational services.Particularly,"The Law on Ensuring Educational Opportunities Equivalent to Compulsory Education"enacted in 2016 clearly states that support for non-attending children will no longer be conditional on their return to regular schools.Consequently,comprehensive support measures are being implemented,including reforms to school education and the enhancement of diverse extracurricular educational forms.The future development of free schools not only requires the state to ensure equitable access to diverse education and manage the relationship between free schools and regular schools but also demands that free schools adhere to their mission of better serving non-attending children and achieving high-quality development.
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