Editing Manchukuo (section)

=== Education ===
Manchukuo developed an efficient public education system.<ref name="Education in Manchuria">{{cite journal |last1=Hawkins |first1=Everett D. |title=Education in Manchuria |journal=Far Eastern Survey |date=March 12, 1947 |volume= 16 |issue= 5 |pages=52–54 |doi=10.2307/3021748 |jstor=3021748}}</ref> The government established many schools and technical colleges, 12,000 primary schools in Manchukuo, 200 middle schools, 140 normal schools (for preparing teachers), and 50 technical and professional schools. In total the system had 600,000 children and young pupils and 25,000 teachers. Local Chinese children and Japanese children usually attended different schools, and the ones who did attend the same school were segregated by ethnicity, with the Japanese students assigned to better-equipped classes.<ref name="Education in Manchuria"/>

Confucius's teachings also played an important role in Manchukuo's public school education. In rural areas, students were trained to practice modern agricultural techniques to improve production. Education focused on practical work training for boys and domestic work for girls, all based on obedience to the "Kingly Way" and stressing loyalty to the Emperor. The regime used numerous festivals, sports events, and ceremonies to foster loyalty of citizens.<ref name="Japan Focus">[http://japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=330 Japan Focus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026150022/http://japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=330 |date=26 October 2005 }}.</ref> Eventually, Japanese became the official language in addition to the Chinese taught in Manchukuo schools.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Agnew |first1=Junko |title=The Politics of Language in Manchukuo: Hinata Nobuo and Gu Ding |journal=Modern Asian Studies |date=January 2015 |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=83–110 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X13000541 |jstor=24494598 |s2cid=145395660 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24494598 |access-date=23 June 2023}}</ref>