Considering equity in basic education reform in Japan from the perspective of private costs of education |
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| Authors: | Mikiko Nishimura |
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| Institution: | (1) Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University, 2-1 Rokkodai, Nada-ku, 657-8501 Kobe, Japan |
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| Abstract: | It is widely acknowledged that the private costs of education occupy a substantial part of the overall education cost and
thus they have implications for quality and equity in education. The case of Japan demonstrates that access to basic education
at junior high school level is unequal and inequitable when considering private costs of education borne within and outside
the school system. It was also found that household spending on supplementary education in public schools is likely to be
determined by local implementation of education reforms. Current education reform with its absence of financial and technical
support to schools under the guise of deregulation does not seem to generate good levels of choice nor does it seem to sustain
quality and equity in education. |
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| Keywords: | private costs of education education reform equity yutori education supplementary education |
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