# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第三十条 (Article 30) - 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: 第三十条 (Article 30) — address `art-30` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-30 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-30 - 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. --- ### 第三十条 art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-30 **第一項** 小学校における教育は、前条に規定する目的を実現するために必要な程度において第二十一条各号に掲げる目標を達成するよう行われるものとする。 art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-30/par-1 Education in elementary school is to be provided with the aim of achieving the objectives stated in each item of Article 21 as required in order to realize the purpose provided in the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合においては、生涯にわたり学習する基盤が培われるよう、基礎的な知識及び技能を習得させるとともに、これらを活用して課題を解決するために必要な思考力、判断力、表現力その他の能力をはぐくみ、主体的に学習に取り組む態度を養うことに、特に意を用いなければならない。 art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-30/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, in order to foster the foundation of study throughout one's life, it must be kept in mind especially to acquire fundamental knowledge and skills, and nurture abilities to resolve issues by utilizing such knowledge and skills, which include the ability to think, make judgements, and express thoughts and feelings, as well as develop an attitude to engage proactively in studies. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-30/par-1: 前条 → 学校教育法 第二十九条 (Article 29), art-29 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-29 - art-30/par-1: 第二十一条 → 学校教育法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-21 - art-30/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-30/par-1 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第三十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-30/par-2 - 学校教育法 第三十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-31/par-1 - 学校教育法 第三十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-33/par-1 - 学校教育法 第四十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-48/par-1 - 学校教育法 第四十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-49/par-1 - 学校教育法 第四十九条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-49-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-49-7/par-1 - 学校教育法 第四十九条の八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-49-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-49-8/par-1 - 学校教育法 第五十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-52/par-1 - 学校教育法 第六十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-62/par-1 - 学校教育法 第六十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-68/par-1 - 学校教育法 第七十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-70/par-1 --- ## 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