# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第二十五条 (Article 25) - Law: 学校教育法 (School Education Act), 昭和二十二年法律第二十六号 - English title "School Education Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二十五条 (Article 25) — address `art-25` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-25 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十五条 art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-25 **第一項** 幼稚園の教育課程その他の保育内容に関する事項は、第二十二条及び第二十三条の規定に従い、文部科学大臣が定める。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-25/par-1 Matters for kindergarten curriculum and others relating to the contents of childcare are to be prescribed by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, under the provisions pursuant to Articles 22 and 23. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 文部科学大臣は、前項の規定により幼稚園の教育課程その他の保育内容に関する事項を定めるに当たつては、児童福祉法（昭和二十二年法律第百六十四号）第四十五条第二項の規定により児童福祉施設に関して内閣府令で定める基準（同項第三号の保育所における保育の内容に係る部分に限る。）並びに就学前の子どもに関する教育、保育等の総合的な提供の推進に関する法律（平成十八年法律第七十七号）第十条第一項の規定により主務大臣が定める幼保連携型認定こども園の教育課程その他の教育及び保育の内容に関する事項との整合性の確保に配慮しなければならない。 art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-25/par-2 When the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology prescribes matters for kindergarten curriculum and other things relating to the contents of childcare pursuant to the provisions under the preceding paragraph, it must ensure consistency with the standards of the child welfare facilities specified by Cabinet Office Order pursuant to the provisions of Article 45, paragraph (2) of the Child Welfare Act (Act No. 164 of 1947) (limited to the parts related to the portion of childcare in a nursery center of item (iii)), and curriculum and other matters related to the contents of education and childcare of child center in coordination between kindergarten and center for early childhood education and care specified by the competent minister pursuant to Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Act on Advancement of Comprehensive Service Related to Education, Child Care of Preschool Children (Act No. 77 of 2006). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 文部科学大臣は、第一項の幼稚園の教育課程その他の保育内容に関する事項を定めるときは、あらかじめ、内閣総理大臣に協議しなければならない。 art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-25/par-3 When the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology prescribes matters including kindergarten curriculum relating to the contents of childcare under the provision of paragraph (1), the Minister must consult with the Prime Minister in advance of doing so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-25/par-1: 第二十二条 → 学校教育法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-22 - art-25/par-1: 第二十三条 → 学校教育法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-23 - art-25/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-25/par-1 - art-25/par-2: 児童福祉法（昭和二十二年法律第百六十四号）第四十五条第二項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000164, 第四十五条第二項 (Article 45, paragraph (2)), art-45/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-25/par-2: 同項第三号 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000164, 第四十五条第二項第三号 (Article 45, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-45/par-2/item-3 — not held in this collection - art-25/par-2: 就学前の子どもに関する教育、保育等の総合的な提供の推進に関する法律（平成十八年法律第七十七号）第十条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000077, 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-25/par-3: 第一項 → 学校教育法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-25/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第二十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-25/par-2 - 学校教育法 第二十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-25/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 学校教育法 — the text in force from 2026-06-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000026/20260617_508AC0000000037), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — School Education Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4743/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 学校教育法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19