Enrollment rate in school education Japan AY 2022, by institution type

In the academic year 2022, the enrollment rate of children in Japan for senior high schools including correspondence courses reached close to 99 percent. That year, nearly 57 percent of senior high school students entered tertiary education institutions such as universities and junior colleges.

 Non-compulsory secondary education

After graduation from junior high school, compulsory education in Japan comes to an end, and students may either find employment or continue their academic path by studying at a senior high school, technical college, or university. As of late, around 1.3 million female students and 1.6 million male students were enrolled in one of the over 800 universities of the country.

 Qualities of the Japanese educational system 

  Japan’s adult literacy rate is at around 99 percent. According to the results of OECD’s PISA Programme, Japanese fifteen-year-olds showcased high levels of education in the international comparison, scoring higher than the OECD standard in all rounds of assessment. The students especially excelled in scientific subjects, reaching mean scores of almost 530 points in both mathematics and science, respectively. In terms of sports and culture, student clubs are an important part of academic life in Japan. These clubs offer a wide variety of activities such as ball sports, Japanese traditional sports like judo, as well as cultural clubs for arts or tea ceremony among others.