{"id":173787,"date":"2025-10-22T10:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T01:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173787&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T01:59:18","slug":"kitakyushu-plans-new-diverse-learning-school-for-non-attending-students","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-plans-new-diverse-learning-school-for-non-attending-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu Plans New \u201cDiverse Learning\u201d School for Non-Attending Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City held a meeting on October 21 to discuss establishing a \u201cDiverse Learning School\u201d to support children unable to attend regular schools. The initiative, part of the national education ministry\u2019s policy, allows flexible curricula and class hours tailored to students\u2019 needs. The city reported 2,370 elementary and junior high school students were chronically absent in fiscal 2023, a rising trend. The new municipal junior high school is scheduled to open in April 2027 at the Kitakyushu City Education Center in Yahatanishi Ward. <\/span><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp\/kyouiku\/03000056.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173784\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_unsplash-empty-classroom_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu Plans New \u201cDiverse Learning\u201d School for Non-Attending Students\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_unsplash-empty-classroom_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_unsplash-empty-classroom_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_unsplash-empty-classroom_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_unsplash-empty-classroom_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo by<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2y.kang<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitakyushu City held a meeting on October 21 to discuss establishing a \u201cDiverse Learning School\u201d to support children unable to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173787","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}