Chapter V Junior High School
第五章 中学校
第四十五条
The purpose of junior high school is to administer and provide regular education provided as compulsory education, in accordance with students' mental and physical development, on a foundation of education in elementary school.
中学校は、小学校における教育の基礎の上に、心身の発達に応じて、義務教育として行われる普通教育を施すことを目的とする。
第四十六条
Education in junior high school is to be provided with the aim of achieving the objectives stated in each item of Article 21, in order to realize the purpose provided in the preceding Article.
第四十七条
The course term for junior high school is to be 3 years.
中学校の修業年限は、三年とする。
第四十八条
Matters regarding the junior high school curriculum are to be prescribed by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in compliance with the provisions of Articles 45 and 46, and Article 30, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following Article as the deemed replacement of terms.
第四十九条
Provisions of Article 30, paragraph (2), Articles 31, 34, 35, and 37 through 44 apply mutatis mutandis to junior high schools. In this case, the term "the preceding paragraph" in Article 30, paragraph (2) is to be replaced with "Article 46," and the term "paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" in Article 31 is to be replaced with "Article 46".