OFFICE OF THE SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
22
October 1945
AG
350 (22 Oct 45) CIE
(SCAPIN-178)
MEMORANDUM FOR: IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH : Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT : Administration of the Educational System of Japan.
1.
In order that the newly formed Cabinet of the Imperial Japanese
Government shall be fully informed of the objectives and policies of
the occupation with regard to Education, it is hereby directed that:
a. The content of all instruction will be critically examined,
revised, and controlled in accordance with the following policies:
(1) Dissemination of militaristic and ultra-nationalistic ideology
will be prohibited and all military education and drill will be
discontinued.
(2) Inculcation of concepts and establishment of
practices in harmony with representative government, international
peace, the dignity of the individual, and such fundamental human
rights as the freedom of assembly, speech, and religion, will be
encouraged.
b. The personnel of all educational institutions will
be investigated, approved or removed, reinstated, appointed,
reorientated, and supervised in accordance with the following
policies:
(1) Teachers and educational officials will be examined
as rapidly as possible and all career military personnel, persons who
have been active exponents of militarism and ultra-nationalism, and
those actively antagonistic to the policies of the occupation will be
removed.
(2) Teachers and educational officials who have been
dismissed, suspended, or forced to resign for liberal or
anti-militaristic opinions or activities, will be declared
immediately eligible for and if properly qualified will be given
preference in reappointment.
(3) Discrimination against any
student, teacher, or educational official on grounds of race,
nationality, creed, political opinion, or social position, will be
prohibited, and immediate steps will be taken to correct inequities
which have resulted from such discrimination.
(4) Students,
teachers, and educational officials will be encouraged to evaluate
critically and intelligently the content of instruction and will be
permitted to engage in free and unrestricted discussion of issues
involving political, civil, and religious liberties.
(5)
Students, teachers, educational officials, and public will be
informed of the objectives and policies of the occupation, of the
theory and practices of representative government, and of the part
played by militaristic leaders, their active collaborators, and those
who by passive acquiescence committed the nation to war with the
inevitable result of defeat, distress, and the present deplorable
state of the Japanese people.
c. The instrumentalities of
educational processes will be critically examined, revised, and
controlled in accordance with the following policies:
(1)
Existing curricula, textbooks, teaching manuals, and instructional
materials, the use of which is temporarily permitted on an emergency
basis, will be examined as rapidly as possible and those portions
designed to promote a militaristic or ultra-nationalistic ideology
will be eliminated.
(2) New curricula, textbooks, teaching
manuals, and instructional materials designed to produce an educated,
peaceful, and responsible citizenry will be prepared and will be
substituted for existing materials as rapidly as possible.
(3) A
normally operating educational system will be reestablished as
rapidly as possible, but where limited facilities exist preference
will be given to elementary education and teacher training.
2.
The Japanese Ministry of Education will establish and maintain
adequate liaison with the appropriate staff section of the Office of
the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, and upon request will
submit reports describing in detail all action taken to comply with
the provisions of this directive.
3. All officials and
subordinates of the Japanese Government affected by the terms of this
directive, and all teachers and school officials, both public and
private, will be held personally accoutable for compliance with the
spirit as well as the letter of the policies enunciated in this
directive.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
H.W.ALLEN,
Colonel, A.G.D.,
Asst Adjutant General
(参考:https://jahis.law.nagoya-u.ac.jp/scapindb/docs/scapin-178)
(Source:国立国会図書館 https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/9885242/1/1)
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