After 3.1 independence movement, the passion for education among Chosun people rose at a remarkable pace. This was due to the theory of cultivation of national ability that aimed to have people be prepared for the future independence by nurturing nati...
After 3.1 independence movement, the passion for education among Chosun people rose at a remarkable pace. This was due to the theory of cultivation of national ability that aimed to have people be prepared for the future independence by nurturing national capabilities. Along with this, the desire for better life through education was also another factor that increased the passion for education. However, the Japanese authority was indifferent to establishing educational institutions that could serve the interests of Chosun people.
For this reason, Chosun people waged a movement of establishing public schools, or built private educational institutions such as private schools or night schools in their village by themselves. As private educational institutions established in Daejon, there were private schools and night schools for normal education, and training schools for job training, and a kindergarten for childhood education. Of them, the private schools and night schools were responsible for classes taught in public schools. However, they had to go through difficulties associated with operation cost. What's more, the Japanese authority officially announced rules on private schools in 1930s, and carried out the closing of schools on a large scale.
Due to the rules, most of the night schools and private schools that could not meet the requirements set by the Japanese authority had to be closed, and only a part of them could survive. Thus, poor children who lost their learning place scrambled to the remaining schools. Then the private general educational institutions grew on a large scale, but their difficulties in operation were also aggravated. These schools were barely managed with the help of people, parents and others who strongly felt the necessity of education.