Record 54% of Japan students not eager to study due to COVID: survey

A record 54.3 percent of students at elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan said they lacked motivation to study last year, a private survey showed Wednesday, apparently reflecting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in stifling social interaction.The figure compared with 45.1 percent in 2019, the year before the pandemic began in Japan, and 50.7 percent in 2020 after COVID-19 broke out. Such data was first collected in 2015.The study was conducted by the Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute and the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo. It c…READ FULL ARTICLE