17 minutes agoThe Secret of the World's Cleanest State
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Most visitors to Japan for the first time are amazed at how clean the country is. Then they notice that there are no garbage baskets. And no street cleaners. So they ask, how does Japan get so clean? The very simple answer is that citizens themselves care that [...]
The very simple answer is that citizens themselves see to it.
“During 12 years of schooling, from elementary school to high school, the cleaning was part of daily curriculum”, says Majko Awane, assistant director of the Hiroshima Prefectial Office in Tokyo.
Even at home, parents teach us that it's bad if we don't keep our spaces properly and clean”.
Including this element of social awareness in school curriculum helps children develop awareness and pride in the circle.
Students sit and don't get laid, their bags are placed in banks, as they can't wait to go home after another hard day with seven 50-minute textbooks.
They listen carefully as the teacher tells them tomorrow's schedule. Then, like any other day, the teacher concludes with the words: “All right, today's list of cleaning. Rows one and two will clear the classroom. Rows three and four, corridors and stairs. And the fifth row will clear the toilets”.
Some of the fifth row wrinkle their eyebrows, but everyone stands up, grabs his brooms, rags, and buckets from the back of the class, and heads toward the toilets. Similar are the scenes in all schools around the country, the Koha Ditore broadcasts BBC script.
