There are more people learn at university or college than ever before thanks to the improvement of living and educational  standard.   Especially in Japan,  almost all the people receive higher education; more than 80% of junior high school students go on senior high school and about 50 % of senior high school students enter college, comunity college, or professional school.   Therefore some people might say all the people should receive higher education.  However, I do not agree with the idea.   Let me explain my reasons for the disagreement.

 

  First and foremost, I believe that people should acquire essential  enough knowledge to lead a normal life by educational chance that government gives the nation,  But this is quite different from higher education.  This is called  primal education and in my country we are obligated to learn primal knowledge and skills to lead a fundamental life like native and first foreign language, calculation at primary and junior high school.  Therefore without receiving higher education, we can live as an adult person.    

 

  Secondly, all the students have interests to academic things that we would learn at college or something.  They want to acquire certain technique to be a professional artisan like craftsman or cook, who must want to spend learning specific skills in a factory instead of studying in front of black board.  Therefore, we should choose what and where we learn depending on the way of our favorite life.

 

  Last but not least,  in Japan, almost all the people who have strong motive to receive higher education can go to college or university.  Several kinds of scholarship are available and even if we lack of GDP a little bit, committee of some scholarships prepare loan with law interest rate.  After graduation, we can return it with long term.   If we cannot go to college in day time, some institution prepare class at night so people can learn after working.

 

   In this way, what students are demanded at college or university is their enthusiasm; financial and punctual problems are solved by scholarships or something.  Without interests to much more academic and specific subjects, students cannot acquire complicated and demanding knowledge nor their favorite skills.  Therefore I don't agree with the idea that everyone should receive higher education.