Curriculum guideline

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Curriculum guideline (学習指導要領, Gakushu sido yōryō^?) is a standard issued by the Ministry of Education that specifies materials taught at all of elementary, middle and high schools in Japan, either public or private. The authority of the ministry to issue the standard is due to the enforcement regulations of the School Education Law (学校教育法施行規則, Gakko kyōiku hōu sikō kisoku^?).^[1]

[edit] Legality

The legal extent of the standard has been unclear. While the standard is not a law per se, court cases in the past have shown that it is legally binding to some extent. For example, in 1990, the High Court in Fukuoka ruled that a prefectural high school lawfully fired its teacher who taught a course in a way that violated curriculum guideline.^[2]