was approved on July tenth. This meant that first-class graduates of the faculty of education’s ethics department would automatically be granted certification in either the field of “Cultivation of Character” or “Education” (ratified November seventh). First-class graduates of the faculty of education’s Chinese classics department would be granted certification in the field of “Chinese classics.” The internal certification of teachers would begin with the students graduating three years later in 1902. (It is thanks to Enryō’s pioneering campaign at that time that students in Japan today can obtain a teaching license for junior high and high school without government examination). As soon as the Academy received approval it changed its schooling system. From the new semester in September the preparatory course was made one year in duration and the central education course was made three years. Central education would be composed of the de-partments of education and philosophy, each offering two courses. The education department was divided into the ethics course (later, “Course One”) and the Chinese classics course (later, “Course Two”). The specialist department of Chinese classics was merged into the Chinese classics course and the specialist department of Buddhist studies was merged into the philosophy department. Later, the scope of licenses was expanded and first-class graduates of the school of Chinese classics could be internally certified as teachers. Teacher certification was not only a way to fulfil the goal of culti-vating educators, it was also one of the prerequisites private schools needed in order to grow. As the main source of revenue was tuition fees, governmental recognition would mean they could attract more students and stabilize their finances. That recognition came in the 119
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