CHAPTER EDUCATIONAL REFORMS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND THE FUTURE EDUCATION IN JAPAN
2 School Population in Future
(1) Number of Pupils Receiving Compulsory Education
The number of births in Japan showed a rapid increase in 1946
and1947 and since then it decreased each year until 1955. Consequently, the number
of pupils in elementary schools had its peak in 1958, and then continued to decline
until it became constant in 1965. The number of lower secondary school pupils
reached a peak from 1961 to 1963, and then declined each year. After 1970 there
will be little change in lower secondary school enrolments.
Figure 26. Actual and Projected Numbers of Lower Secondary
School Graduates and of Upper Secondary School Entrants, 1960-1976