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CHAPTER EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN THEl970's

Curricula in institutions for higher education in Categories and (universities and junior colleges) should be developed along lines allowing for the provision of comprehensive or more specialized forms of education. The goals of general education pursued by existing universities would be more effectively approximated if the following improvements were made:

(1) General education has, in the past, sought to give students overall knowledge of various disciplines, an understanding of scientific method, a grasp of problems in the context of cultural development and a correct understanding of humanity and values. All these aims should be included in and pursued integrally with every revised program of study.

(2) Whatever fundamentals are required in specialized education should be integrated into the specialized education programs of the respective institutions.

(3) Foreign language training should aim at giving students knowledge of foreign languages for practical international use. As the occasion demands, language-training centers set up on campuses may be assigned this responsibility and the results tested. (The education of those majoring in foreign languages or foreign literature will be considered on a different basis).

(4) Health and physical education should be improved by giving adequate guidance in extra-curricular athletic activities and by supervising the health of all students more thoroughly.