22% of Japanese High Schools have WIFI

According to a joint survey about mobile/internet usage environment among teenagers conducted by MMD and TesTee Inc., 22% of High School students and 25.9% of Junior High School students said they have WIFI environment at school. Other highlights are below;

• 21.6% of junior high and 84.3% of high school students answered they are allowed to bring their mobile phone to school.
•  The top condition in order to bring their mobile phones to school for junior high were "get approval from school in advance" and for high school were "keep it in your bag during class turned off".
• Devices used at school are "desktop, laptop, iPad"
• The main things students learn on computer devices are how to use "MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint" as well as "typing"
• Commonly used method in case of emergency, "bulk email" the most for junior high school and "message sent through their classroom group in LINE"

Details in Japanese; 2018 April IT Usage Environment Survey

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