Yokohama Yamate Chinese school

Yokohama Yamate Chinese school shared the same origin as Yokohama Overseas Chinese School. The faculty and the students of the Yokohama Chinese School were divided into two groups because of the political conflict between the main land of China and Taiwan. One group remained, but the most moved out to continue activities in private Huaqiaos' houses reluctantly. later, under auspice of overseas Chinese, they set up a new school, "Yokohama Chinese School , Yamate Division". In March, 1957, the school was formally given the name of Chinese School of Yamate. Since March, 1982, Yamate Chinese School of has grown into an educational organization consisting of a kindergarten, a primary education department and a junior education department. Totally 370 students, ranging from the age of 4 to 15, are now enrolled (60 in kindergarten, 227 in the Primary School and 83 in the Junior School.)

Aiming at language teaching and culture transmission, Yokohama Yamate Chinese School provide its students, including Huaqiao and their children, with scientific knowledge and help them in developing aesthetic sentiment and noble morals through the courses of Moral Education, Knowledge Education, Fine Art and Physical Education. Quite a lot of its graduates are making considerable contribution to the friendship between China and Japan, as bilinguals. In the kindergarten, nursing is carried on in the language of Japanese. In the primary and secondary department, different languages: Huaqiao or English, is used according to specific subject. Therefore, the students not only gained knowledge so well as their Japanese equivalent to cope with the coming qualification test, but also learned the language of Chinese and Chinese culture. Textbook for language of Chinese is co-edited by its own faculty and the staff from the Chinese Language Education Academy of Beijing. Textbook for language of Japanese is the same as used in native Japanese schools. Besides Huaqiao teachers, native Japanese teachers and native Chinese teachers, coming from the Chinese Language Education Center in Beijing, worked together in the program. Focused on developing students' potentiality, the school introduced a student-based teaching style, simplifying teacher's instruction and intensifying students' exercise. Thus, they impart students sophisticated skills to cope with the modern international society.

Many Japanese students are seen in Yokohama Yamate Chinese School. As for nationality, almost half of the students are Japanese, and Speaking of genetics, one fifth of the students are native Japanese. Besides private senior school, graduates gained admission to National Shinagawa prefectural Yokohama municipal and Tokyo metropolitan high schools.

	Yokohama Yamate Chinese school Yokohama Yamate Chinese school shared the same origin as Yokohama Overseas Chinese School. The faculty and the students of the Yokohama Chinese School were divided into two groups because of the political conflict between the main land of China and Taiwan. One group remained, but the most moved out to continue activities in private Huaqiaos' houses reluctantly. later, under auspice of overseas Chinese, they set up a new school, "Yokohama Chinese School , Yamate Division". In March, 1957, the school was formally given the name of Chinese School of Yamate. Since March, 1982, Yamate Chinese School of has grown into an educational organization consisting of a kindergarten, a primary education department and a junior education department. Totally 370 students, ranging from the age of 4 to 15, are now enrolled (60 in kindergarten, 227 in the Primary School and 83 in the Junior School.) Aiming at language teaching and culture transmission, Yokohama Yamate Chinese School provide its students, including Huaqiao and their children, with scientific knowledge and help them in developing aesthetic sentiment and noble morals through the courses of Moral Education, Knowledge Education, Fine Art and Physical Education. Quite a lot of its graduates are making considerable contribution to the friendship between China and Japan, as bilinguals. In the kindergarten, nursing is carried on in the language of Japanese. In the primary and secondary department, different languages: Huaqiao or English, is used according to specific subject. Therefore, the students not only gained knowledge so well as their Japanese equivalent to cope with the coming qualification test, but also learned the language of Chinese and Chinese culture. Textbook for language of Chinese is co-edited by its own faculty and the staff from the Chinese Language Education Academy of Beijing. Textbook for language of Japanese is the same as used in native Japanese schools. Besides Huaqiao teachers, native Japanese teachers and native Chinese teachers, coming from the Chinese Language Education Center in Beijing, worked together in the program. Focused on developing students' potentiality, the school introduced a student-based teaching style, simplifying teacher's instruction and intensifying students' exercise. Thus, they impart students sophisticated skills to cope with the modern international society. Many Japanese students are seen in Yokohama Yamate Chinese School. As for nationality, almost half of the students are Japanese, and Speaking of genetics, one fifth of the students are native Japanese. Besides private senior school, graduates gained admission to National Shinagawa prefectural Yokohama municipal and Tokyo metropolitan high schools. (To the next page) (To the top page of this report) (To top of this corner)