（5）The Content of the Education System Order

The Education System Order contained 109 chapters grouped under six broad headings: 1) Large, Medium and Small School Districts; 2) Schools; 3) Teaching Staff; 4) Students and Examinations; 5) Regulations for Students Studying Abroad; 6) Educational Expenses. Several regulatory supplements were appended later during the months of March and April of 1873 including revisions in regulations for students traveling abroad for study and new regulations for specialized schools (senmon gakko) staffed by foreign instructors and foreign language schools, bringing the total number of chapters in the Education System Order to more than 200.