Schools in Japan may be better than their British counterparts in teaching soft skills, thanks to discipline, The Telegraph reported on 12 March.
While the UK government had promoted teaching children resilience through sport, particularly rugby, Andreas Schleicher, director for education and skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, said there was no reason for rugby being a more suitable way of doing this than mathematics.
He added that schools in Asia are successful in teaching children cooperation, teamwork, resilience and how to manage themselves.