Traditional Chinese 學校法人橫濱山手中華學園 Kanji 横浜山手中華学校 Founded 1952 | Simplified Chinese 学校法人横滨山手中华学园 Phone +81 45-641-0393 | |
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Hanyu Pinyin Similar 横浜中華学院, 横浜女学院, Shiritsuya Chu High School, Yokohama Internatio School, Seika Elementary School | ||
Teaching spoon bending lesson 3 yokohama yamate chinese school 2006
The Yokohama Yamate Chinese School is a Chinese-style primary and junior high school in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. Serving levels kindergarten through ninth grade, it is one of two Chinese schools in Japan oriented towards Mainland China, and one of five Chinese schools total. As of 2008 Pan Minsheng is the principal.
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- Teaching spoon bending lesson 3 yokohama yamate chinese school 2006
- Education
- Student demographics
- Teacher demographics
- References
It was formed after the 1952 split of the Yokohama Chinese School, which had been established by Sun Yat-sen. Yokohama Yamate was aligned to the People's Republic of China while the sister school Yokohama Overseas Chinese School was aligned to the Republic of China on Taiwan. In 2008 Pan stated that all of the graduating students pass entrance examinations to attend Japanese senior high schools.
Education
Classes are taught in both Japanese and Chinese, with each subject being taught in one particular language. Fifth through ninth graders take English classes. Most instruction at the kindergarten level is in Japanese. The school teaches Hanyu Pinyin and Simplified Chinese.
Student demographics
As of 1995 the school had 300 students, with 15% of the students being Japanese nationals who only spoke Japanese and the remainder being any of the following: Chinese-Japanese, Chinese students with mixed Japanese and Chinese parents, students with Chinese parents, and returnees from Mainland China.
As of 2008 it had 413 students: 10% were ethnic Japanese; 70% of the students were Japanese citizens and 30% were Chinese citizens.
Teacher demographics
As of 1995 the teaching staff consisted of four Japanese persons born in Japan, 19 Chinese persons born in Japan, and two persons born in Mainland China, resulting in a total of 25.