Mengyang Academy in Wuchang, Hubei Province is the earliest government-run preschool education institution in China, which was founded in 1903 (the 29th year of Guangxu). It was two lakes (Hubei, Hunan; Because Hubei and Hunan belonged to Huguang Province at that time, they were also called Huguang Province. Governor Zhang Zhidong was in charge of Hubei, and under his impetus, he advocated the upsurge of new schools.
Under the influence of this form, in the autumn of 1903, Duan Fang, the governor of Hubei Province, established a kindergarten in Wuchang cavalry training ground, and hired three Japanese nannies, including Miyuki Kono, as directors, and drew up the Regulations on Building Parks in Hubei.
1904 65438+ 10, the Qing government promulgated the regulations on playing with school, which designated preschool institutions as nursing homes, and renamed Hubei kindergartens as Wuchang nursing homes, also known as Wuchang model primary school nursing homes.
The Law on which Preschool Education Institutions Live: The Constitution of Game School
Guangxu 29th year (1903, 1904+ 10), composed by Cecilia Cheung, Zhang Zhidong and Rong Qing. This year is the year of Guimao, so it is also called Guimao academic system.
This charter is the first educational system in modern China promulgated by educational decree and implemented nationwide. According to the stages of primary education, secondary education and higher education, the school education curriculum, education administration and school management are clearly defined. It has a great influence on modern education in China. This charter is the beginning of China's educational modernization.
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