Duck school is down from 63 to 1…Senzoku Gakuen is making great strides! The Rise and Fall of 30 Years of High Schools that Passed the University of Tokyo”: The Background to the Struggles of Difficult Girls’ Schools such as Sakurain
The ranking has drastically changed since the time when my parents' generation took the entrance exam!
There is an impression that difficult girls’ schools, such as Sakurain (Tokyo), one of the three top-ranked schools in Japan, are struggling. On the other hand, Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Makuhari (Chiba, Japan) and Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan) are also struggling. On the other hand, co-ed schools such as Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Makuhari (Chiba; hereafter Shibumaku) and Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Shibuya (Tokyo; hereafter Shibu Shibu) are struggling. On the other hand, co-ed schools such as Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Makuhari (Chiba, Japan) and Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan) are growing. It is likely that girls are becoming more interested in co-ed schools.
says Nobuyasu Morigami, director of the Morigami Education Research Institute and an expert on entrance examinations.
This year, too, the number of students accepted to Tokyo University by high school was announced (as of March 13 in a joint survey by Daigaku Tsushin, Sunday Mainichi, and AERA). While Kaisei (Tokyo) has topped the list for 44 consecutive years (149 students), the ranking has drastically changed from 30 years ago when the parents’ generation took the entrance exam. We would like to introduce the rise and fall of high schools by comparing the past and this year’s results–.
Mr. Morigami mentioned Sakurain, whose number of students accepted to Tokyo University this year decreased from 72 in 1995 (30 years ago) to 48 (hereafter, the numbers are from 1995 and this year). On the other hand, Shibumaku and Shibushibu have made great strides, from 3 to 74 and from 0 to 50 respectively. Mr. Morigami explains the background (remarks below by Mr. Morigami).
At universities There has been a continuing shift away from women’s colleges. Even in junior high and high schools, this trend has been noticeable in the middle-ranked schools so far. As adolescent girls, they are probably more attracted to girls’ schools where they can spend their school life without worrying about the opposite sex, as well as to difficult co-educational schools that are increasing their Tokyo University results.”
Kanagawa’s Top Three Boys’ Schools Make Their Presence Known
The three boys’ schools in Kanagawa are gaining momentum. Seikogakuin (38 to 95), Eiko Gakuen (70 to 55), and Asano (22 to 51) are showing their presence.
Students at these schools are attending cram schools and taking a “W-school” system because of the influence of their surroundings. It is extremely burdensome for them to balance school and cram school. In the three major boys’ schools in Kanagawa Prefecture, cram school attendance has not become mainstream. It has the advantage of allowing them to concentrate on their schoolwork.”
In Kanagawa, Senzoku Gakuen has made remarkable progress (from 0 to 28 students).
The school is a girls’ school in the same vein as Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, and for more than a decade it has been working diligently to reform its school, hoping to overtake Ferris (a prestigious girls’ school in Kanagawa). The school stopped accepting applications for the high school, which had a deviation score of about 40, and abolished the music department. The school actively accepted returnees from abroad. The school’s good location along the Denentoshi Line in Kanagawa has attracted excellent students from Tokyo as well.
On the contrary, there are schools in the same Kanagawa area that have had harsh results.
