The transition of the articulation policy between high school and higher education

After the Meiji era, entering in higher education had been difficult because the people's desires to receive higher education were very high in Japan. The age ended by the falling birthrate at the end of the 1990's, though entrance examination kept constant effects to scholastic improvement in high school education. The inefficient articulation between high school and university has emerged. This paper points out major features concerning educational articulation between high school and higher education in historical perspective