A Tale of Education in Two Nations: Japan and Nepal
In 1853, 220 years of isolation policy of Tokugawa Shogunate trembled to the core, and Japan was forced to open its country. An incident remembered in Japanese History as the ‘Arrival of the Black Ships’. The nation was threatened with signing humiliating treaties by the gunboats of Commodore Perry docked in Tokyo Harbor. Gunboats in
Read MoreNepal and Japan’s Path to Modern Education
First Steps In Japan, The First National Plan of Education was issued in 1872. The purposes of education were declared in the National Plan of Education by the Government of Japan: 1. The purpose of the new education is to develop within each student the ability to advance in life. 2. To achieve this, the
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