Home > Policy > White Paper, Notice, Announcement > White Paper > JAPANESE GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN EDUCATION,SCIENCE AND CULTURE 1989 > PART Chapter3 1

PART Issues and Developments of Policies in Education, Science and Culture

Scientific research has made remarkable advancement in recent years and become interdisciplinary. Science and technology has progressed. Rapid socioeconomic changes have been taking place, accompanying internationalization and the development of information oriented society. Also Japanese higher education must face big changes in its environment, caused by changing demographic pat-terns ; 18-year-olds will peak in 1992, with rapid increases up to that year and then decrease afterwards equally rapidly. The Ministry has thus been promoting policies to enhance, individualize and invigorate education and research in universities and other higher education institutions, paying due respect to the deliberations of the University Council. It has also been promoting the reform of the selection system for university entrance, the adaptation of higher education institutions to meeting the needs of the age and society, the enrichment of graduate schools and the improvement of student aid programs.