Omi Gakuen - Oumi Gakuen

…He worked at the Shiga Prefectural Government from 1939, and was an active administrator. In 1946, he founded Omi Gakuen, a facility for war orphans, homeless children, and mentally retarded children in Otsu City, and became its principal. From then until his sudden death at the age of 54, he devoted himself to (1) the comprehensive pursuit of development by creating a comprehensive facility with various functions such as education, protection, production, medical care, and research, (2) positioning education within the facility as public education under the School Education Law, (3) pioneering the social welfare facility system by establishing related adult facilities (Shigaraki Dormitory, etc.) and a facility for the treatment of severely physically and mentally disabled children (Biwako Gakuen), and (4) promoting infant health checkup activities in cooperation with local health and medical institutions. …

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…1939年から滋賀県庁に勤務，行政家として活躍。46年，大津市に戦災孤児･浮浪児と精神遅滞児の収容施設近江学園を創設，園長となる。以後，54歳で急逝するまで，(1)教育･保護･生産･医療･研究等の諸機能をもつ総合的施設づくりによる発達の総合的追究，(2)園内教育の学校教育法による公教育としての位置づけ，(3)関連成人施設(信楽寮ほか)や重症心身障害児療育施設(びわこ学園)の創出による社会福祉施設体系の開拓，(4)地域の保健･医療機関と提携しての乳幼児健診活動の推進などに力を尽くす。…

※「近江学園」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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