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Table 3 Numbers of boys’ and girls’ secondary schools from 1886 to 1930

From: Historical insights into British, Japanese and US general science from the first half of the twentieth century

Year

No. of boys’ secondary schools (No. of students)

No. of girls’ secondary schools

(No. of students)

1886

56 (10,300)

7 (898)

1900

218 (78,315)

52 (11,984)

1910

311 (122,345)

193 (56,239)

1920

368 (177,201)

514 (151,288)

1930

557 (345,691)

975 (368,999)

  1. (Source: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1980). Japan’s Modern Educational System. Tokyo: Ministry of Finance, Statistics.)