CHAPTER SPREAD OF EDUCATION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
When education is regarded as an investment, the amount invested
varies as a rule among countries in accordance with the stage or extent of their
socio-economic development. However, even in countries with similar stages of
development, the amount of the investment in education may differ greatly according
to the extent of the efforts of the people toward education. In this chapter
the quantitative development of education in Japan will be traced in relation
to the development of her society and economy, and the extent of the popularization
of education in this country will be considered in comparison with that in other
countries.