Japan And Its Educational System

JAPAN AND ITS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM BEING A REPORT COMPILED FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS EXALTED HIGHNESS THE NIZAM BY SYED ROSS MASOOD, B. A., Oxon. INDIAN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE Director of Public Instruction, Hyderabad-Deccmn Formerly Fellow of the University of Calcutta Fellow of the University of Madras Member of the Council of the Osmania Unioersity Hyderabad Member of the Court of the Muslim University, Aligarh HYDERABAD-DECCAN PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS 1923 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED JAPAN AND ITS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM Printed and Published by the Superintendent. Government Central Press. Hyderabad-Deccan. India CONTENTS PAGES PREFACE i-iv CHAPTER L THE COUNTRY AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE . . . .1-17 II. THE RELIGION OF THE PEOPLE . . 18-27 III. ORIGIN OF SHOGUNS DISCOVERY OF JAPAN BY THE PORTUGUESE ARRIVAL OF SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER . 28-41 IV. THE ATTITUDE OF ODA NOBUNAGA AND HlDEYOSHI TOWARDS THE CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES .... 42-53 V. EXPULSION OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS POLICY OF SECLUSION . . . 54-68 VI. THE ERA OF INTERNAL PEACE DURING THE TOKUGAWA SlIOGUNATE . . 64-74 VII. THE ACQUISITION OF WESTERN KNOW LEDGE 75-84 VIII. THE GREATEST OF THE EARLY EDUCA TIONISTS OF JAPAN . . 85-96 IX. THE ARRIVAL OF COMMODORE PERRY THE SIGNING OF THE FIRST COMMER CIAL TREATY .... 97-104 X. THE FALL OF THE SHOGUNATE . . 105-114 XI. THE UNIFICATION OF THE COUNTRY . 115-124 XII. JAPAN BECOMES A WORLD POWER . 125-187 XIII. THE JAPANESE CONSTITUTION . . 188-155 XIV. SOME IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE JAPANESE CONSTITUTION. . . 156-165 XV. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION . . . 166-172 XVI. THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE . . . 178-180 XVII. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY 181-191XVIII. THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT THE COMPOSITION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT .... 192-214 11 CONTENTS XIX. THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. . . . 215-234 XX. MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOB BOYS GIRLS HIGH SCHOOLS DOMESTIC HIGH SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS . . . 285-263 XXI. HIGHER SCHOOLS FOR BOYS UNIVER SITIES 264-285 XXII. NORMAL SCHOOLS HIGHER NORMAL SCHOOLS SPECIAL SCHOOLS SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND, THE DEAF AND THE DUMB .... 286-313 XXIII. TECHNICAL EDUCATION . . . 314-339 XXIV. CONCLUSION 340 370 DIAGRAMS DIAGRAM OF THE PREFECTURAL GOVERN MENT OF KANAGAWA . . . Facing page 205 DIAGRAM OF SUB-PREFECTURAL GOVERN MENT IN KANAGAWA PREFECTURE . 211 DIAGRAM OF VILLAGE OR TOWN GOVERN MENT IN KANAGAWA PREFECTURE . 212 DIAGRAM OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THE CITY OF YOKOHAMA M 213 DIAGRAM SHOWING INTER-RELATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS . . 215 DIAGRAM OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN JAPAN 215 PREFACE HAD it not been for the keen and personal interest, which the Royal Master, whom I am privileged to serve, takes in all matters connected with the sound education of his subjects, these pages would never have seen the light of day. Words fail me to express my deep sense of gratitude adequately for the graciousness with which His Exalted Highness granted my request to visit Japan. I feel that the day is near when, under his benign rule, Hyderabad will see as great an intellectual awakening as was witnessed by the Islamic world in the days of the great Caliphs of Bagdad. What I saw in Japan has convinced me still further that the creation of the Osmania Univer sity, by His Exalted Highness, is one of those epoch-making steps which continue to influence the activities of human beings for centuries to come. Historians willpoint to it as the in spirer of that great intellectual progress which our country is destined to make, and posterity will utter with loving reverence the name of the Ruler, who to-day adorns the throne of Hyder abad, for having had the great foresight to be the first to place education in India on a ral ional and truly national basis. When I commenced the compilation of this 11 Report my original intention was to deal only with the Educational system of Japan...