My understanding is that Japan is pretty similar with differing policies per school, and from what I've learned of Indian education from coworkers, there's so m

My understanding is that Japan is pretty similar with differing policies per school, and from what I've learned of Indian education from coworkers, there's so much difference from one school to the other (or possibly region to region) that I doubt you could come up with an "India does XYZ" generalisation either.