Problem
Stagnating school enrolment
Other Names:
Decreasing school enrolmentDeclining school enrolment
Limited high school candidates
Incidence:
It was reported in the 1990s that a school in a little village surrounded by forests in the foothills of Mount Fuji, Japan, had only one student in the entire school. Daiki Saito was the sole child living in the village, but the government spent more than US$100,000 renovating an abandoned old schoolhouse for him and then assigned him his own first grade teacher and principal. It cost $175,000 a year to run Daiki's school. Broader Problems:
Educational wastageDeclining birth rateShrinking community life Aggravates:
Closure of schoolsUnwarranted secondary school Reduces:
Academic arrogance Subject(s):
Research, Standards → RegistryEducation → Secondary and higher education
Education → Schools
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
G: Very specific problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST