Since my school is a girls’ high school, all the activities, such as Student Council activities as well as club activities, are carried out by female students. This also means that our school provides an ideal circumstance for training girls to positively take leadership in school activities. I therefore initiated the program for female students to cultivate their interest in scientific fields. I believe in the value of this because Japan has only a limited number of female scientists as compared with the rest of the world.
In 2006 we were designated by Ministry of Education as a Super Science High School and for the past four years, we have been building a unique school curriculum. We also established the “Life Science Course” in our school curriculum in which we provide students with numerous opportunities for field study. We focused on this because in Japan, the life science field is among the most popular areas for female scientists.
Seishin Girls’ High School AKIYAMA Shigeharu
