Keio Gijuku (Gakkō Hōjin)

For the modern graduate and postgraduate education system name 'Keio', see Keio University.
Keio served as Dutch education institution during Ansei era in foreign settlement, Edo.

Keio Gijuku (学校法人慶應義塾 Keiō Gijuku) is a Gakkō Hōjin (学校法人), or incorporated educational institution of Japan registered under the Private Institutions Act of 1949 (私立学校法 Shiritsu Gakkō Hō)[N 1] in 1951. Keio University, which succeeded the original Gijuku under the Edict of Universities of 1920 (大学令 Daigaku Rei), is also considered one of the oldest and best universities of Japan.[1]

Keio Gijuku was founded in Edo in 1858 by the Japanese educationist Fukuzawa Yukichi as an Anglo-Dutch style public School (義塾 Gijuku), and was meant to spread Western knowledge for modern civilisation. Later it was renamed "Keiō Gijuku" and was relocated in 1868 (Keiō 4). In 1890, the very first university faculties were established at the early modern Keio University, and the original curriculum was rebranded as 'Secondary section' (普通部 Futsūbu). Today's Keio education system was formed under the Private Institutions Act of 1949 in the post-war era.

Fukuzawa Yukichi, the founder of Keio.

Keio Gijuku currently operates:[2]

References

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  1. ↑ Okun, Stanley (February 1, 1988). "For Japanese in U.S., School, Japanese Style". The New York Times. Retrieved Oct 10, 2011.
  2. ↑ Affiliated Schools of Keio University


Footnotes

  1. ↑ Act No. 270 of December 15, 1949
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