Table 13

Table 13. Enrollments in Technical Colleges, Special
Training Schools and Miscellaneous Schools and
Percentage Distribution of These Enrollments by Gender
and by Administrative Category: May 1985

Type of Institution	Number	Percentage Distribution
		Gender		Administrative Category
		M	F	National	Local Public	Private
Technical colleges Special training schools Miscellaneous schools	48,288 538,175 530,159	96.4 42.0 51.2	3.6 58.0 48.8	84.4 3.4 0.0*	8.6 4.5 1.8	7.0 92.2 98.1

*The enrollment in national miscellaneous schools was 164.

Source: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan. Education in Japan: A Brief Outline. Tokyo: The Ministry, 1986. p. 5.

Table 14. Enrollments in Vocational and Technical Programs at Upper
Secondary and Postsecondary Level in Selected Institutions, by
Type of Institution and Level of Course: 1984^a
(rounded to nearest hundred)

Type of Institution	Enrollments by Level
Type of Institution	Both Levels	Upper Secondary	Post Secondary
All institutions Upper secondary schools Technical colleges Special training schools Miscellaneous schools Junior colleges	2,738,700 1,398,900 47,500 485,400 579,300 227,600	1,869,000 1,398,900^b 30,000^c 81,300 358,800^e	869,700 17,500^d 404,200 220,400 227,600^f

^a The table excludes enrollments in "ordinary" courses of special training schools for which there are no special admission requirements.
^b Total upper secondary school enrollment of 4,885,913 in regular courses less enrollment of 3,487,047 in the general course.
^c Enrollment in first 3 years of course.
^denrollment in fourth and fifth years of course.
^e Enrollment in courses for which other than upper secondary school completion is required for admission.
^eEnrollment in engineering, agriculture, health, home economics, and teacher education.

Source: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan. Statistical Abstract of Education, Science and Culture. 1985 edition. Tokyo: The Ministry, 1985. pp. 44, 58, 64-65, 90, 92.

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