My vlog this week will be about a new law in Japan that aims to improve the working conditions for public school teachers. On June 11, the Diet passed a bill that will finally raise the “teaching adjustment allowance,” which has stayed at 4 percent since 1972. Starting in 2026, it will increase by 1percent each year until it reaches 10 percent in 2031. This allowance is meant to compensate teachers for their long overtime hours, which have became a huge problem over these few years.
I thought that this article was important to me, my teachers in my previous schools tend to look very tired and would drink coffee 24/7. I thought that this could effect
students due to teachers not being able to take enough rest leading to low quality classes.
extra One of the reasons that teachers have to overwork is Japans club activity systems. But recently there have been discussions to abolition them.Although doing this might cause other problems too.
The Mainichi. (2025, June 11). Teachers will get higher pay and less overtime under revised law. The Mainichi. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250611/p2a/00m/0na/016000c
I suspect that the overtime hours of teachers are vastly underestimated. Teachers cannot help but take their work home with them (I know since I'm a teacher myself). Of course, their work with student clubs must keep them at schools (and accompanying students to off-campus matches and tournaments) much take a huge amount of time. So, reducing that burden would be great. Hopefully, it wouldn't lead to students missing out completely on club activities. At least for older students "senpai" or teaching assistants might take greater responsibility.
返信削除To be honest, with the conditions for school teachers being so harsh in Japan, it amazes me that people still opt to serve as teachers. Could you ever imagine becoming a teacher? If so, at what level?