Of 153 colleges which allowed new students to join them in September in fiscal 2005, only 63, about 40 percent, actually had new students entering at times other than in April, the usual start of Japan's academic year, the education ministry said Sunday.
The number of such students, including those from overseas, stood at 1,569, according to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
The numbers both of such colleges and students declined from the previous fiscal year, indicating that students remain reluctant to enter colleges in September as they cannot then immediately gain employment after graduation. The new business year in Japan also starts in April.
The 153 colleges comprise 27 national ones, eight local government-run universities and 118 private schools.
Although the government has urged colleges to introduce a September-entrance system, some have stopped recruiting students for the fall semester due to the decrease in the number of the applicants.
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