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Some young aborigines have become physicians, teachers and nurses, after graduating from the Medical College, the Normal School, and the Red Cross Training School for Nurses respectively. These forerunners have made no small contribution toward the developement of their fellow tribesmen.

Convinced of the power and value of education by these examples, the elders are now still more eager to educate their young. To meet the demand, exertions are being made to provide them with increased educational facilities.

Number of Kyoikujo
(TEACHING CENTRES)

Province or
Prefecture
Year 'A' Class Teaching
Centre
'B' Class Teaching
Centre
Total
Taihoku 1922 11 12 23
1923 11 13 24
Shinchiku 1922 14 11 25
1923 14 12 26
Taichu 1922 12 12 24
1923 14 17 31
Tainan 1922 2 2 4
1923 2 2 4
Takao 1922 11 15 26
1923 10 15 25
Taito 1922 5 9 14
1923 5 10 15
Karenko 1922 6 20 26
1923 8 36 44
Total 1922 61 80 141
1923 64 105 169

Note:—-During 1923, one ‘A’ class Teaching Centre was raised to the status of a Public School in Takao Province.

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