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Educational threats to society suring the Japanese Period

Educational Opportunities and Threats to Society
The Japanese had the vision and it was to reinvigorate the sense of nationalism and common identity of the Filipinos. However, beneath these good intentions lies a hidden agenda. The Japanese wanted to acquire more power and desired to be known as the superiors of Asia. They also wanted to destroy the influence and authority of the United States and England posing them as states that have abused Asian countries for their own profit and interest. However, the Japan is no different from these Western colonizers.
Education was put to halt with the coming of the Japanese invaders. However, the Japanese knowing the importance of Education in promoting their ideas, some schools reopened provided that they practice the 6 basic principles of education and are always supervised by the Japanese authority. Also, during the Japanese occupation everything was under control and manipulated by the Japanese authority. In the ca...

Posted by: Leonard Herriman

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