# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第五十一条 (Article 51) - 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: 第五十一条 (Article 51) — address `art-51` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-51 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-51 - 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. --- ### 第五十一条 art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-51 **第一項** 高等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、次に掲げる目標を達成するよう行われるものとする。 art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-51/par-1 Education in high school is to be provided with the aim of achieving the following objectives, in order to realize the purpose as provided for in the preceding Article: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 義務教育として行われる普通教育の成果を更に発展拡充させて、豊かな人間性、創造性及び健やかな身体を養い、国家及び社会の形成者として必要な資質を養うこと。 art-51/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-51/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-51/par-1/item-1 further developing and expanding the outcomes of regular education provided as compulsory education, fostering rich humanity, creativity, and a healthy body, and fostering qualities necessary in the people who make up our nation and our society; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 社会において果たさなければならない使命の自覚に基づき、個性に応じて将来の進路を決定させ、一般的な教養を高め、専門的な知識、技術及び技能を習得させること。 art-51/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-51/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-51/par-1/item-2 deciding on a future career according to individuality, enhancing general knowledge, and acquiring professional knowledge, techniques and skills, based on self-awareness of one's mission in society which must be carried out; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 個性の確立に努めるとともに、社会について、広く深い理解と健全な批判力を養い、社会の発展に寄与する態度を養うこと。 art-51/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-51/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-51/par-1/item-3 working to establish individuality, developing a broad and deep understanding and a healthy critical ability towards society, and nurturing an attitude of contributing to the development of society. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-51/par-1: 前条 → 学校教育法 第五十条 (Article 50), art-50 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-50 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第五十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/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/ja/school-education-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-62/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