Why do pupil clean the classroom in Japan?

Abstract

This research was inspired by the fact that there are some school activities in Japan, which are considered by those who had the opportunity to live longer in Japan as good examples to be followed. Such school activities are cleaning, serving food, etc. This paper lays focus upon an education system that puts the same emphasis on non-academic and academic school activities. The paper shows how is cleaning regarded in different cultures, gives a short description of the Japanese national core curriculum, and gives examples on the process of cleaning in Japanese elementary schools.