OSAKA, Aug 20 (News On Japan) –
Osaka Prefecture has projected that the variety of its prefectural excessive faculties ought to be diminished by about 32 over the subsequent 15 years, leaving round 104 faculties, because the decline within the scholar inhabitants exhibits no signal of stopping. The prefecture presently operates 136 faculties.
With functions falling as a result of shrinking variety of college students, Osaka has been consolidating faculties since 2012. Measures have included halting scholar recruitment at faculties that failed to fulfill enrollment quotas.
At a gathering held on August 18th to debate future restructuring, the prefecture introduced estimates exhibiting that, given the continued outlook for declining scholar numbers, 104 faculties can be the suitable stage 15 years from now.
Officials stated that primarily based on this projection, they are going to start analyzing restructuring strategies that each safe academic alternatives and preserve specialised studying packages.
Source: YOMIURI