日本为了建设面向21世纪的富有活力的社会，提出并实施“使人一生都能自由选择学习机会，学习成果得到适当评价”的教育体制，力图实现终生学习社会的理想。建设终生学习社会的社会背景可概括为：①纠正学历社会的弊端，不由形式上的学历评价人，而力求对其一生各个时期的学习 In order to build a dynamic society facing the 21st century, Japan has put forward and implemented an education system that “enables people to freely choose their learning opportunities and their learning outcomes are appropriately evaluated” throughout their lives, and seeks to achieve the ideal of lifelong learning of society. The social background of building a lifelong learning society can be summarized as follows: (1) To correct the malpractice of the academic society, instead of formally evaluating the academic qualifications,