Three education reform bills, including one advocating community service for students in elementary, junior high and high schools, were passed by the Diet on Friday.
The bills to amend the School Education Law, the Local Education Administration Law and the Social Education Law were cleared during an Upper House plenary session. They have already made it through the Lower House.
Now that the amendments have cleared the Diet, Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers are expected to intensify their campaign for revising the Fundamental Law of Education, which they regard as key to reforming the education system.
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