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The government established the [[Ministry of Education]] in [[1871]], on the French model of a centrally administered education system and nationwide curriculum. Much of the Ministry's first budget, in [[1873]], was dedicated to bringing foreign teachers to Japan, and one-eighth of the entire budget was devoted to funding Japanese students to travel abroad; two hundred and fifty did so that year. By the 1880s, however, with Japan's own education system (including universities on the Western model) more firmly established, the number of students traveling abroad each year diminished, to around 50-80 students per year.
The government established the [[Ministry of Education]] in [[1871]], on the French model of a centrally administered education system and nationwide curriculum. Much of the Ministry's first budget, in [[1873]], was dedicated to bringing foreign teachers to Japan, and one-eighth of the entire budget was devoted to funding Japanese students to travel abroad; two hundred and fifty did so that year. By the 1880s, however, with Japan's own education system (including universities on the Western model) more firmly established, the number of students traveling abroad each year diminished, to around 50-80 students per year.
Recognizing the power of public education to instill a moral education, officials debated the nature or character of that moral education. Some advocated an education grounded in traditional Japanese/Confucian ideals, while others supported an education based around the liberal ideals of the Western Enlightenment. Still others, including [[Mori Arinori]] (Minister of Education [[1885]]-[[1889]]), rejected both in favor of a "modern" nationalist curriculum. Ultimately, the ''[[Imperial Rescript on Education]]'', drafted with considerable influence from Imperial advisor [[Motoda Eifu]] and promulgated in [[1890]], declared a set of nationalistic core principles which would then be memorized by Japanese schoolchildren up through 1945. The ''Rescript'' employs Confucian justifications to suggest an unbroken Imperial Japanese past, emphasizing filial piety, the pursuit of learning and cultivation, the public good and common interests, and personal sacrifice for patriotic duty.
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==References==
==References==
*Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 187.
*Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 187-188.
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[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Political Institutions]]
[[Category:Political Institutions]]
