Village Institutes

Abstract

Village Institutes were established in 1940 to raise pioneers with highly civilized abilities. These teachers would provide village children with a vocational education that would be useful in life, along with classical education, and prepare the basis for all vocational education that one could consider ideal for village children. Those who came aimed to teach in a comfortable environment in the city. Even if these graduates went to the villages, they could not adapt to the village and were looking for a way to return to the city as soon as possible. Newly established teacher training schools had to be established near villages, far from the cities, because large fields and agricultural lands were required since agricultural activities were production-oriented. Village Institutes were the secondary education part of the village education system. Their aim was only to train teachers. Village Institutes, which initially trained only teachers, started to train healthcare professionals three years later. The aim was to train “useful personnel for the village”.