costs and fees for a child

[yamashita]

hi

I would like to know how much is to pay for school or kindergarten per month.
does anybody know?

[Nyororin]

The prices of our three local kindergartens:

30,000 entrance fee, 16,000/month.

50,000 entrance fee, 12,000/month.

25,000 entrance fee, 15,000/month.

Each has a smock-type uniform that varies in price between kindergartens. Most charge 200 to 300 a day for lunch. Extended hours are free at all three up to 6 pm. Two have door to door bus service, and one picks up from a set neighborhood location.

Anything else you want to know? My son turns 3 next month, so we`re kindergarten hunting.

[yamashita]

ah o.k. thats much more than in germany.

and what about school fees?

[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by yamashita

ah o.k. thats much more than in germany.

and what about school fees?

What school? It varies a LOT between school levels, etc.

[yamashita]

mhh. what kind of school.
for example the school after kindergarten. Pre school like class 1-6.

[yamashita]

or better: what differnt kinds of school do exist in japan?
there are normal schools, schools for coaching after school and private schools right?
i know a site about a german school in kobe but its very expensive.
here s the link
Deutsche Schule Kobe School Fees

the prices for example for primary school or european pre school is more or less 1,2ooo,000 yen.
this is for one year right?

[COnfidential]

Heh abit wierd reading this for me...
Here in Norway school is totally free all the way up to 11th grade, but when we get there we only pay for books...

[yamashita]

yeah thanks for reply..

now i know there are some expensive private schools and also schools for free. ( normal ones like u and me know)
i ve read that many rich parents send their childs to expensive schools because they want THE BEST education for their childs..

i ve also read that children learn really, really hard in japan. most of them should have no time to play!
there should be only time for going to school, going to coaching school,
do homework for generell school, do homework for coaching school.
thats a 17 hours day for child only spending time for school stuff
thats cause they have a very good knowledge in school things (look at pisa studies)
but creativity
is rare, cause creativity they can only get by using phantasy ( playing games with friends etc.)

for me ( a creative person) bad news.
but it depends on me how i train my childs....

[Monika]

Originally Posted by yamashita

ah o.k. thats much more than in germany.

Not really. 15000 Yen are about 90 Euros. The price is very similar to German kindergartens. Just we don't have entrance fees.

About fees for schools: A US friend living in Japan told me his kids attended public primary school and middle school (1-8 I think) for free, then went to a public high school (9-12) that cost money, but not a lot. I don't remember the fee, but it was like a hundred dollar a month or so. His son has learning disabilities and went to a public high school specialized on that and that one was a little more expensive. Appearently there are free high schools, too, but they are not considered to be good enough.

[Monika]

Originally Posted by yamashita

yeah thanks for reply..

now i know there are some expensive private schools and also schools for free. ( normal ones like u and me know)
i ve read that many rich parents send their childs to expensive schools because they want THE BEST education for their childs..

i ve also read that children learn really, really hard in japan. most of them should have no time to play!
there should be only time for going to school, going to coaching school,
do homework for generell school, do homework for coaching school.
thats a 17 hours day for child only spending time for school stuff
thats cause they have a very good knowledge in school things (look at pisa studies)
but creativity
is rare, cause creativity they can only get by using phantasy ( playing games with friends etc.)

for me ( a creative person) bad news.
but it depends on me how i train my childs....

I don't know if Japanese children are really less creative than those in European or American school systems. But I know that the teen suicide rate is very high in Japan and in countries with similarly strict school systems like Hong Kong and Korea (probably China, too, but they don't publish the numbers). Also I read a Japanese study about psychological problems of Japanese school children that lead them not to be able to attend school. There is a specific Japanese word for this, but I have forgotten it. A significant percentage of "school skippers" isn't really skipping in the literal sense, but really can't get themselves to go to school. In Japanese cities so-called "play schools" are opening for such children. They often have less than a dozen students and they really mostly talk and play with each other. If they want to, they also study a little. Some tried to have regular classes, but then the students stayed away, again. After being there for a while, most of them can go to normal schools again, eventually.

There are schools with less pressure, but these are also less good and in Japan it's very important to have been at a good school to get a good job.

Some parents send their children to international, e.g. US American schools in Japan, not so much for the foreign language, but for having less pressure.