Table 6. Number of Full-time Teachers by Level or Type and Administrative Category (National, Local Public or Private) of Institution: May 1984 (rounded to nearest hundred)

Type or Level
of Institution

Total

Public

Private

Total

National

Local

All institutions
Preschools (under Monbusho)*
Elementary Schools
Lower Secondary Schools
Upper Secondary Schools
Schools for Handicapped
Technical Colleges
Special Training Schools
Miscellaneous Schools
Junior Colleges
Universities

1,321,700
99,200
468,700
278,900
258,600
38,200
3,800
23,500
22,700
17,400
110,700

1,069,800
27,000
465,900
271,200
200,900
37,900
3,600
2,300
700
2,900
57,200

61,900
300
1,800
1,700
600
1,300
3,200
800
[**]
1,100
51,200

1,008,000
26,800
464,100
269,600
200,300
36,700
300
1,600
700
1,900
6,000

251,900
72,100
2,800
7,700
57,700
200
200
21,200
22,100
14,500
53,400


Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
*There are another 180,497 full-time teachers in the daycare centers under the Ministry of Welfare, cited by the National Council of Day Nursery: Day Nurseries in Japan 1985. Tokyo: The Council, 1985. p. 8.
**The number of teachers in national miscellaneous schools was 18.

Source: Ministry of Education Science and Culture, Japan. Statistical Abstract of Education, Science and Culture. 1985 edition. pp. 7, 9, 11, 13.

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