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Strategy of investment on education

How can the historical process described above be interpreted as a national

investment strategy? How was it different from what experiences in the Western
Countries?

Public edc.exp/GDP Japan

1885

US UK
1900 1920

per capitaGDP

Figure 2. Historical Paths in Investment on Primary and Secondary
Education in Japan, UK and US
Source: Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan (MEXT) (1962).
Nihon no Seichou to Kyouiku [Japan’s Growth and Education]. Tokyo: Ministry
of Education and Culture. Japan, Ministry of Education. U. S. Department of
Commerce (1975). Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times
to 1970. Washington: U.S.G.P.O. Vaizey, John and Sheehan, John. (1968).
Resources for Education: An Economic Study of Education in the United
Kingdom, 1920-1965. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd.