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Top univs rush to open schools / Affiliated middle, high schools seen as way to attract brightest students
# 12, December 2009
From spring, renowned private universities in Tokyo and the Kansai region are expected to open a number of new schools, including attached or affiliated middle schools, in a bid to attract bright students at an early stage. Waseda University and Chuo University will open their first-ever attached middle schools in Tokyo. Waseda University and Chuo University plan to set up unified middle and high schools in Saga Prefecture and Yokohama respectively. Kansai University and Kwansei Gakuin University also are proceeding with similar plans.
The universities have been flooded with requests from people wishing to visit the new school grounds, and some schools have seen an increasing number of applicants after becoming affiliated with such universities. Some schools expect to see three to four times more applicants than they can enroll.
Observers say the move to open attached schools was prompted by universities' desire to attract bright students at an earlier stage, due to the continued declining birthrate. It also is said to stem from the desire of parents and children to guarantee entry into a prestigious university.
Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun
Photo: Waseda University
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