Study Abroad Regulations

...Overseas study at the end of the Edo period was based on the tradition of domestic travel for study and training for both literati and martial artists during the Edo period, and the new purpose was to absorb Western military technology and understand overseas situations (``exploring foreign affairs''). In the Meiji period, the new government aimed to introduce Western civilization on a large scale in order to modernize the country and enrich and strengthen its military, and placed importance on sending foreigners abroad to study as well as inviting and employing foreigners on the government's payroll. In 1870 (Meiji 3), the ``Overseas Study Regulations'' were enacted, and in 1872, one-third of the provisions of the ``Education System'' were devoted to studying abroad. This was extremely unusual among the educational laws of the world at that time. ...

*Some of the terminology mentioned in the "Study Abroad Regulations" is explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…幕末の海外留学は，江戸時代の文武の国内遊学･修行の旅の伝統を背景とし，新たに西洋の軍事技術の吸収，海外情勢の把握(〈夷情探索〉)が目的となった。明治になると，新政府は近代化と富国強兵のために西洋文明の大規模な導入をめざし，御雇外国人の招聘･雇用とともに留学派遣を重視し，70年(明治3)には〈海外留学規則〉を制定し，さらに72年の〈学制〉では条文の3分の1もが留学にあてられた。これは当時の世界の教育法規のなかでもきわめて異例のことである。…

※「海外留学規則」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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