Going to School in East Asia

Education in east Asia varies widely due to the cultural and political histories of each country. The communist governments of China North Korea and Vietnam mandate schooling differently from the limited democracy of Hong Kong and the parliamentary government of Japan. The history of the educational philosophies systems and curricula of seventeen East Asian countries are described here with a timeline highlighting educational developments and a special day in the life feature a personal account of what it is like for a student to attend school in that country.