Korean School

Japanese: 韓国学園 - かんこくがくえん

In addition to the schools in Japan, which were established within the bases to reflect the presence of the U.S. military, Korean schools (141 schools from elementary school to university) and Korean schools (4 schools) were established to reflect the independence and division of Korea. All of these foreign schools, except for the base schools, are legally qualified as miscellaneous schools.

From [Koreans in Japan]

...This was the revival of assimilation education, and the trend changed so that the majority of Korean children in Japan were enrolled in Japanese schools. The conclusion of the peace treaty marked a turning point, and ethnic schools were rebuilt from the mid-1950s onwards, but reflecting the division of the homeland, they were divided into Korean schools (ranging from elementary school to Korea University, with 141 schools and just under 20,000 students as of 1996) and Korean schools (4 schools and approximately 2,000 students). Influenced by this division and the changing of generations to third and fourth generation Koreans born in Japan, the remaining majority (90,000) went to Japanese schools...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Korean School" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1995年現在。以下同じ)のほかに，米軍の駐留を反映して基地内に在日米軍付属学校が設けられ，朝鮮の独立と分断を反映して朝鮮人学校(小学校から大学まで141校)および韓国学園(4校)が創設されたのである。これら外国人学校は，基地学校を除いて法的にはいずれも各種学校の資格である。…

【在日朝鮮人】より

…同化教育の復活であり，以後，在日朝鮮人子弟の多数が日本人学校に在籍するように流れが変わった。講和条約締結を転機に，50年代半ばより民族学校は再建されたが，祖国の分断を反映して，朝鮮人学校(小学校から朝鮮大学校まで，1996年現在141校，2万人弱)と韓国学園(4校，約2000人)に分かれた。このような分岐や日本生まれの3世･4世に世代交替した事情に影響されて，残る大多数(9万)は日本人学校に就学する。…

※「韓国学園」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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