Education in Korea under Governor-general Ugaki Kazushige

This article evaluates the educational policies during Ugaki\u27s term from June 1931 to August 1936, tracing the recorded proclamations and behavior of his staff who were practically in charge of making and executing policies. In terms of educational history, the credit goes to Watanabe Toyohiko, the Chief of the Educational Bureau, and Ono Ken\u27ichi, the Section Chief, for the Village Rebuilding Movement which is now considered indispensable in discussing Ugaki\u27s governor-generalship. The study also characterizes Ugaki\u27s policies as intermediate between Yamanashi Hanzo, his predecessor, and Minami Jiro, his successor. Policies that facilitated the movement in schools, such as the establishment of a\u22 vocational training course \u22at Korean elementary schools as a requisite, and the provision for further education for their graduates, have their origin in Yamanashi\u27s rule. On the other hand, such policies as the introduction of required military training into Korean secondary schools and the coercion of worship at shrines, implemented during the latter half of Ugaki\u27s term, should be regarded as preliminary to Minami\u27s vigorous attempt to turn Koreans into faithful vassals of the Japanese Emperor