It was found that five of the public junior high schools in Aomori City, Hachinohe City, and Hirosaki City, which commended students who did not have absenteeism as "perfect attendance awards", will cancel the perfect attendance award this year.
The reason is the influence of the new coronavirus, such as preventing the spread of infection due to unreasonable attendance at school.
NHK interviewed 60 public junior high schools in Aomori City, Hachinohe City, and Hirosaki City to commend children and students who are not absent or late as a "perfect attendance award". It was found that 5 out of 18 schools, which is close to one-third, will cancel the award this year.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has indicated a guideline that if you are infected with the new coronavirus, or if your parents are worried about the infection and do not send children / students to school, you will not be included in the absence, but all five schools are perfect attendance The reason for canceling the award is the influence of the new corona, such as preventing the spread of infection.
Principal Kazuhiro Kamiwa of Aomori City Toyama Junior High School, who canceled the award for the perfect attendance award, said, "I am sorry for the students to avoid getting sick or infecting other students by forcibly going to school for the perfect attendance award. I thought, but I canceled the award. "
Change to the idea of "not resting"
Many junior high schools in Aomori City have said that their way of thinking about not resting has changed.
Of these, the principal of a junior high school who canceled the perfect attendance award last year said, "I thought it was not necessarily a bad thing to take a rest, even though some students could not go to school due to circumstances."
Also last year, the principal of another junior high school who canceled the perfect attendance award said, "There is a risk that you will be forced to come to school even though you are not feeling well for the award."
On the other hand, the vice-principal of a junior high school who continues to receive awards said, "It is not easy not to take a rest for three years, and I would like to acknowledge that effort. It is expected that having a perfect attendance award will lead to health management such as living a regular life. I can do it. "