On the working hours of
Japanese elementary school, junior high school teacher
Working hours are a problem in today's Japanese society. Among them, working hours of teachers at elementary and junior high schools are particularly problematic. According to Ministry of education's survey, many elementary and junior high school teachers found that working hours are too long. It is overtime working over 80 hours a month, which is a measure of death from overwork. Ministry of education surveyed about working hours for about 20,000 teachers working at elementary and junior high schools nationwide. And Ministry of education summarized the results for the first time in ten years. According to it, it was found that about 30% of elementary school and about 60% of junior high school are working overtime over 80 hours a month, which is a measure of death from overwork.From this, it turned out that the educational workplace was supported by severe long hours work. The main reason is that holiday work on weekends is more than twice as many as 10 years ago. Ministry of education thinks that the Saturday lesson started and the club activities are thriving. Working hours per day on weekdays exceed 10 hours in every generation. Especially, it tends to be burdened by the younger generation. In addition, 50% of department activities that are conducting activities on average six days, and 15% of department activities that are conducting activities every day without taking a break.
This problem can be solved by reducing the activity day of club activities and increasing the number of teachers more. However, it is not a problem that can be solved by an individual. Also, because of work being busy, there are many teachers who can not eat with their family. In the United States and Canada there is a system called teaching assistant. The teaching assistant job contents of the teaching assistant are checking homework, test circle, teaching to students who are not good at studying. In a high school in the United States, the teaching assistant has to help the teacher 40 hours a year. I think Japan can reduce the burden of the teacher by adopting such a system.
This problem can be solved by reducing the activity day of club activities and increasing the number of teachers more. However, it is not a problem that can be solved by an individual. Also, because of work being busy, there are many teachers who can not eat with their family. In the United States and Canada there is a system called teaching assistant. The teaching assistant job contents of the teaching assistant are checking homework, test circle, teaching to students who are not good at studying. In a high school in the United States, the teaching assistant has to help the teacher 40 hours a year. I think Japan can reduce the burden of the teacher by adopting such a system.