The nation’s student population dropped to a new low of 4.17 million in the 2021 school year, 41,000 fewer than the previous school year, while the number of elementary schools with fewer than 100 students has reached a record 1,191, the latest Ministry of Education data showed.
The latest figure represented a drop of 332,000 students from the 2016 school year, the data showed.
Elementary-school students made up the largest group with 1.19 million, followed by vocational high-school students with 1.18 million.
Preschoolers, and junior-high school and high-school students accounted for a total of 1.74 million, the data showed.
The nation’s student population fell