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Table 3. Enrollment by Type of School and Gender:
May 1985

Type of School

Enrollment

Total

Male

Female

Preschools
Elementary schools
Lower secondary schools
Upper secondary schools
Schools for the deaf, blind
and otherwise handicapped
Technical colleges
Junior colleges
Universities
Special training schools
Miscellaneous schools

2,067,951
11,095,372
5,990,183
5,177,681
 
95,401
48,288
371,095
1,848,698
538,175
530,159

1,055,516
5,682,490
3,067,897
2,609,198
 
59,283
46,565
37,920
1,414,297
225,990
271,695

1,012,435
5,412,882
2,922,286
2,568,483
 
36,118
1,723
333,175
434,401
312,185
258,464

 

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

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