Public and Private Education Costs in Japan Soar to New Highs
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- 24 Jan 2023
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The total average costs for a child who receives private education for 15 years of schooling, including tuition fees and cram school expenses, in Japan has reached a new record high of ¥18.4 million. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology calculated this figure for study from when a child enters kindergarten at 3 through to high school graduation at 18 based on its 2021 survey. While this was more than three times as expensive as the cost for attending only public school between these ages, that figure also reached a new high of ¥5.7 million.
For children attending a mix of public elementary and/or junior high and private junior high and/or high school, the payments parents made to schools, including tuition fees, remained roughly the same as the previous survey. It was the increase in supplementary study expenses paid to cram schools that pushed up the overall costs.
There was a particularly notable gap between public and private costs at elementary school level, as the latter was 4.7 times more expensive. Read More…
