{"id":173750,"date":"2025-10-21T10:22:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173750&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:23:57","slug":"fukuoka-launches-after-school-experience-program","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-launches-after-school-experience-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Launches After-School Experience Program at Three Elementary Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City has begun a new after-school initiative at three elementary schools, offering children opportunities to learn programming, crafts, dance, and other activities. The program, which started last week, runs three to four times a week with lessons led by external instructors. Participation is open to all students at the three schools for free or at a small fee of up to \u00a5500. At Kashii Higashi Elementary School in Higashi Ward, children recently learned to build and pilot model airplanes. The city aims to provide safe after-school spaces and hands-on learning experiences for children who may not attend private lessons. Officials plan to expand the program citywide by fiscal 2027 after evaluating the pilot results. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/gokant-go.sawarise.co.jp\/gokant\/news\/%E3%80%90%E7%A6%8F%E5%B2%A1%E5%B8%82%E3%81%93%E3%81%A9%E3%82%82%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E5%B1%80%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AE%E4%BA%8B%E6%A5%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%80%91%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E6%96%BD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gokan+<\/span><\/a> \/<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/946608?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_173751\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173751\" class=\"size-full wp-image-173751\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_afterschool_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Launches After-School Experience Program at Three Elementary Schools\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_afterschool_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_afterschool_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_afterschool_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_afterschool_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-173751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. 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