Public Education

Public education has different meanings today, depending on how the meaning of “public” is understood. The notion of public education during the bourgeois revolution was defined as education provided by the state or public organizations as opposed to education provided by private companies or individuals. In public authorities such as national public bodies public education is education provided by public authority entities. Regardless of the theory, the contradiction of public education is actually regulated by the state because there are class conflicts of interest, regional disparities, ethnic and cultural differences in the country, the relationship between the security of each individual's development and the realization of national interests is not harmonious. Since the 19th century, the public education system is a national education system of the type led by the established nation. In contemporary Japan, public education is an educational organization with a general nature based on Article 6 of the Basic Education Law, therefore private schools and other schools are also positioned as public education subject to public authority regulations. Here are some articles that discuss public education.