Yokohama Overseas Chinese School

Yokohama Overseas Chinese School
Yokohama Overseas Chinese School
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	橫濱中華學院
Simplified Chinese	横滨中华学院
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Héngbīn Zhōnghuá Xuéyuán
Wade–Giles	Heng-pin Chung-hua Hsüeh-yüen
Japanese name
Kanji	横浜中華学院
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Yokohama Chūka Gakuin

Yokohama Overseas Chinese School
横浜中華学院
橫濱中華學院
Yokohama Overseas Chinese School; 横浜中華学院; 橫濱中華學院
Address
	142 Yamashitacho, Naka Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa; 〒231-0023 横浜市中区山下町142番地
Coordinates	35°26′32″N 139°38′41″E / 35.4422413°N 139.6445956°E
Information
Website	yocs.jp

The Yokohama Overseas Chinese School (YOCS) is a Republic of China-oriented Chinese international school in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It serves elementary through senior high school.^[1] As of 2010 Shih Huei-chen (施惠珍 Shī Huìzhēn) is the president of the school.^[2]

History

It was formed after the 1952 split of the Yokohama Chinese School, which was established by Sun Yat-sen. Yokohama Overseas was aligned with Taiwan, while the Yokohama Yamate Chinese School was aligned with the People's Republic of China.^[3]

In 2010 the school asked for assistance from Lien Fang Yu (連方瑀 Lián Fāngyǔ), the wife of Lien Chan; at that time the school had a shortage in funding. Yang Ching-huei described the buildings as "very old" and requiring "some serious renovation work."^[2] By 2011 the school established interviews and other entrance examinations due to an increase in prospective students.^[4]

Operations

As of 2010 most of the school's funding originates from tuition while the Overseas-Compatriots Commission provides some assistance. As of 2010 the school charges monthly tuition rates below the Japanese private school average of ¥50,000 per student; the monthly tuition per elementary or junior high student was ¥22,000 ($268 U.S. dollars) while the per-student tuition at the high school level was ¥25,000.^[2]

Curriculum

Each week first-year students have ten Chinese lessons, each lasting 45 minutes; four Japanese lessons, and one English lesson.^[4]

Student body

In 1997 each class had about one or two students who were Japanese.^[4] As of 2008 about 15% of its students were Japanese nationals, including ethnic Chinese persons with Japanese citizenship.^[5] As of 2010 71% of the students were children of Taiwanese families living in Japan and/or are originating from Taiwan. Other students were ethnic Chinese from other countries and Japanese. A YOCS teacher named Chiang Pin-huei (江品輝 Jiāng Pǐnhuī) stated in the Taipei Times that the "focused" education of the YOCS resulted in the high percentage of Taiwan-origin students.^[2] By 2011, due to the increase in popularity of international schools among Japanese parents, each first-year elementary class had about 20 Japanese students, making up about 33% of each class. As of that year some new students initially enrolling in the school did not have any understanding of Chinese.^[4]

References

^ "International Schools." City of Yokohama. Retrieved on October 13, 2015. Listed as "Yokohama Chinese Academy" but the website is that of YOCS.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Loa, Iok-sin. "Overseas Chinese school lacks funds" (Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine). Taipei Times. November 13, 2010. Retrieved on March 8, 2015.
^ Co, Emily. "School bridges China-Japan gap" (Archive). The Japan Times. December 23, 2008. Modified January 30, 2015. Retrieved on March 8, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fujikata, Satoru. "Japanese parents see value of Chinese, Indian schools" (Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine). Asahi Shimbun. August 30, 2011. Retrieved on March 8, 2015.
^ Gottlieb, Nanette. "Japan: Language Planning and Policy in Transition." In: Kaplan, Robert B. and Richard B. Baldauf. Language Planning and Policy in Asia: Japan, Nepal, Taiwan and Chinese characters (Language planning and policy). Multilingual Matters, 2008. ISBN 1847690955, 9781847690951. Start: 102. CITED: p. 133.

External links

Yokohama Overseas Chinese School (in Chinese)/(in Japanese)

[1] "International Schools." City of Yokohama. Retrieved on October 13, 2015. Listed as "Yokohama Chinese Academy" but the website is that of YOCS.

[LoaIS-2] Loa, Iok-sin. "Overseas Chinese school lacks funds" (Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine). Taipei Times. November 13, 2010. Retrieved on March 8, 2015.

[Japantimes-3] Co, Emily. "School bridges China-Japan gap" (Archive). The Japan Times. December 23, 2008. Modified January 30, 2015. Retrieved on March 8, 2015.

[Fujikata-4] Fujikata, Satoru. "Japanese parents see value of Chinese, Indian schools" (Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine). Asahi Shimbun. August 30, 2011. Retrieved on March 8, 2015.

[Gottliebp102-5] Gottlieb, Nanette. "Japan: Language Planning and Policy in Transition." In: Kaplan, Robert B. and Richard B. Baldauf. Language Planning and Policy in Asia: Japan, Nepal, Taiwan and Chinese characters (Language planning and policy). Multilingual Matters, 2008. ISBN 1847690955, 9781847690951. Start: 102. CITED: p. 133.

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Indonesia	Jakarta Taipei School
Japan	Osaka Chinese School Tokyo Chinese School Yokohama Overseas Chinese School
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