Quick overview of education in Japan
Basic figures
Number of schools in Japan (2008 school year): total 59,554 (kindergarten 13,626, elementary school 22,476, junior high school 10,915, high school 5,242, secondary school 37, special-needs school (school for the blind, the deaf, and the handicapped) 1,026, technical college 64, junior college 417, university 765, special training school 3,402, miscellaneous (vocational) school 1,584)
Number of students (2008 school year): total 19,747,083 (kindergarten 1,674,172, elementary school 7,121,761, junior high school 3,592,406, high school 3,366,460, secondary school 17,849, special-needs school (school for the blind, the deaf, and the handicapped) 112,334, technical college 59,446, junior college 172,726, university 2,835,242, special training school 657,406, miscellaneous (vocational) school: 137,281)
Number of teachers (2008 school year): total 1,327,731 (kindergarten: 111,228, elementary school 419,312, junior high school 249,509, high school 241,213, secondary school 1,369, special-needs school (school for the blind, the deaf, and the handicapped) 68,675, technical college 4,432, junior college 10,524, university 169,912, special training school 41,684, miscellaneous (vocational) school 9,873)
Annual cost of attending school per student (2006 school year): kindergarten (nonprivate 251,324 yen / private 538,406 yen), elementary school (nonprivate 334,134 yen / private 1,373,184 yen), junior high school (nonprivate 471,752 yen / private 1,269,391 yen), high school (nonprivate 520,503 yen / private 1,045,234 yen)
Share of public spending on education (2003 school year):
Share of total public spending: 9.8%,
Share of GDP: 3.5%
Number of international students in Japan (2009 school year): 132,720 as of May 1, 2009 (up 7.2% from 2008).
Number of people studying Japanese language (JSL, JFL): 166,631 in Japan (as of November 2008), 2.98 million in 133 countries (as of 2006)
Links to the latest, more detailed information:
- Education in Japan
- Go to “Education”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Rates of advancement to high school and university
- Go to Japan Statistical Yearbook (Chapter 22 Education), Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- Go to “Statistical Abstract”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Go to “Gakko kihon chosa (Report on Basic Survey on Schools)”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japanese)
- Number of schools, students and teachers
- Go to “Japan Statistical Yearbook (Chapter 22 Education)”, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- Go to “Statistical Abstract”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Go to “Gakko kihon chosa (Report on Basic Survey on Schools)”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japanese)
- International comparison of educational achievement
- Go to “Japan's Education at a Glance”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Go to “Programme for International Student Assessment”, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Cost of attending school
- Go to “Kodomo no gakushuhi chosa (Survey of Children’s Educational Costs)”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japanese)
- Public and private expenditure on education
- Go to “Japan's Education at a Glance”, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- International students in Japan
- Go to “Statistics”, Japan Student Services Organization
- Japanese language education (JSL, JFL)
- Go to “Japanese Language Policy”, Agency for Cultural Affairs
- Go to “Japanese-Language Education Overseas”, Japan Foundation
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