Japanese Juku "cram school"

Over the last year I have been working for a Japanese Juku, also known as a Japanese cram school. For those out there who do not know what a Juku is I will give a brief definition of a Juku. A juku is a place where children from the ages of three to seventeen years attend in order to study subjects such as math, science, history and English outside of school.

You might be asking why do the students need to study outside of their primary school? Well, there is a simple answer to this answer. In Japan unlike the USA or Canada, in order for a child to attend a top grade university, he or she will need to take a entrance exam. A child can only take an entrance exam 2 times during their life, However, many parents make their children take multiple entrance exams. The first time will be when the child is entering primary school, the second being when they are attending middle school and high school and the last will be when they attend University.

The reason why so many children take these exams throughout their life is because if the children enter a top grade elementary school or middle school it will become easier for them to enter a top grade university and if a children enters a top grade university it will make it easier for them to enter big companies.Above are some pics of the Juku I work at that were taken during Halloween last year