According to a national survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the number of students who dropped out of universities in 2021 when the infection of the new coronavirus continued to spread decreased slightly from the previous year, but the number of students who cited the coronavirus as a reason is increasing. It was revealed.
The survey targeted national, public and private universities, junior colleges, and colleges of technology, and asked about the enrollment status of students such as dropouts and leave of absence as of the end of 2021.The response rate is 96.0%.
According to the report, the number of dropouts in 2021 was 5, slightly lower than the previous year's 7,875.Dropouts accounted for 5% of the total number of students, unchanged from the previous year.Of these, 7,913 students cited Korona-ka as the reason for dropping out.This is an increase of 1.95% compared to 2,738 in the previous year.
The number of students who cited maladaptation of student life and decreased motivation to study increased by 2.7 points from the previous year, probably because online classes and restrictions on access to the campus continued.On the contrary, the number of students due to financial difficulties has decreased by 9.8 points compared to the previous year.
On the other hand, the number of students taking leave of absence in 2021 was 6.The number of students was 5,143% less than the previous year's 6, but the number of students cited because of the Korona-ka was 7,034, an increase of 2.8% from the previous year's 5,451.
The number of students who cited maladaptation of student life and decreased motivation to study increased by 2.9 points from the previous year, and the number of students who cited financial difficulties increased by 0.2 points, which was almost the same as the previous year.
