The Evolution Of Provincial Educational Administrative Structure In The Late Ch'ing Dynasty And Early Republic Of China

The article focuses on the modern reform motivation and procession of Chinese provincial educational administration in late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. It analyses the administrate construction and function traits in every stage. These will deepen people's understanding to the modern reform procession of Chinese provincial educational administration.China's education had a fundamental change in late Ch'ing Dynasty and early Republic of China. China's modern educational administration structure also had gradually independent from the whole administration structures, and became complete gradually.First of all, the sake of its Westernization business needs, the Westernization group built up the foreign affairs school, and cultivated new kind talents. Then in Wu Hsu Reform and late Ch'ing New Deal, under the promotion of Emperor's educational decree, modern education was popularized. For manage and promote purposes, Academic Affairs Office which were the provincial educational administration had established in some provinces.In April 1906, the Ch'ing Government permitted local government changed Xue Wu Chu to Ti Xue Shi Si which marks the establishment of new formal provincial education administration bodies. It's very important to local education co-ordination in the late Ch'ing Dynasty.In the early time of China Republic, in order to adapt to the new educational situation, the provincial educational administration structures had reformed which based on the Ch'ing Dynasty's. With strong support of the education sector in the process of improvement to provincial education administration structures, a specialized and independent institution of modern education administration established gradually.In various stages of school, provincial educational administration structures planed years of study, teaching and administrative staff of duty, selected rare classic books, and so on.In short,the operation of provincial educational administration laying the foundation for the capitalist educational system, planning the framework, thereby promoting the provincial. However, because of the influence of feudal administrative structure and current political situation, provincial education administrative structure reform exist some shortcomings which may good for the future reform.