PM visits Taimei Elementary School in Tokyo PM: I have come to learn how moral education, modernity and discipline can be blended in the Indian education system PM: Asian countries should learn each other's languages and values, so that this century is more useful to humanity

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today visited the Taimei Elementary School in Tokyo. Speaking after a presentation on Japan's Elementary and Secondary Education System, the Prime Minister said he had come to this 136-year old school as a student, to learn how moral education, modernity and discipline has been blended in the Japanese school system, and could be imbibed in India. He also understood the methods of evaluation and examination, how parents are kept involved with the child's education, and how the school syllabus is prepared.