TOKYO, July 15 (Xinhua) — The annual variety of college students coming into college in Japan from 2040 to 2050 is anticipated to be about 500,000, some 130,000 fewer than in 2022, an schooling ministry estimate confirmed Friday.
Enrollment might be 510,000 or much less after 2040 and is put at round 490,000 in 2050, down from about 630,000 final yr, in line with the projection submitted to a subcommittee of the Central Council for Education, which advises the schooling minister.
The ministry calculated future enrollment by taking the variety of 18-year-olds anticipated by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, and multiplying that by the share anticipated to enter greater schooling and including the anticipated variety of international college students, in line with officers.
Meanwhile, the variety of 18-year-olds, which is on the decline, is seen hovering round 820,000 and 790,000 yearly in 2040-2050.
The subcommittee is ready to debate responses to the declining enrollment, together with a potential realignment of universities, as new admissions might fall under 80 p.c of the full enrollment slots in a few of the years within the projection interval.