Three public schools in the Riverina will be on show next week as a Japanese delegation visits the region to learn more about school education in Australia. The three academics and five students from Yamagata University in north east Japan will visit the region from Monday 6 September to Friday 10 September. Hosted by Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga, the delegation will be given an overview of school education in Australia by senior lecturer Dr Brian Hemmings from the School of Education at CSU in Wagga Wagga on Monday 6 September. They will then visit The Rock Primary School on Tuesday 7 September, Wagga Wagga High School on Wednesday 8 September and Wagga Wagga Public School on Friday 10 September.  The delegates will inspect classrooms and lead activities with the school students such as a Japanese Food and Culture program at The Rock. “We anticipate that this visit will forge a stronger link between the two universities in Australia and Japan. We are also interested in talking about the possibility of teacher education students from Charles Sturt University visiting Yamagata in 2011 or 2012 to give them an international perspective in their studies, ” Dr Hemmings said.