Starting in the 2018 academic year, so-called "dotoku" (moral education) will be part of the regular curriculum in elementary and junior high schools, instead of its current status as an "activity outside the set subjects."
It is a controversial change, because of the politically charged question of what ethics should be taught and how students should be evaluated.
Many experts have questioned whether teachers are sufficiently skilled to assess their students' sense of morals.
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