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The Trend in Junior High School Students

Concerns Over Study are increasing

With less pressure from parents and teachers, more junior high school students feel studying is a burden and are unable to find meanings in study and to see how useful it will be in the future.

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Study-related Concerns (Junior High School Students)

The number of junior high school students who concern "there are subjects I do not like", or "do not know how to study well" is highest in all three surveys as it changes to around 70%. If compared to the 1990 survey, complaints about the burdensome-feelings toward study, such as "there is too much to memorize" (8.4% increase), "want the number of subjects to be decreased" (10.2% increase) are on the rise. Also, students who "do not understand the necessity to study such subjects" (10.6% increase), and who are unable to "find meanings in studying" are increasing. The number of students who "wish classes are easier to understand" has also increased by 10%, and has surpassed 50%.