However, after the war, for the democratization of Japan, the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers of General Headquarters (GHQ/SCAP) dismantled the normal school system, which had been a hotbed of the militaristic education, and gave an instruction that teacher training should be done at universities on the U.S. model.
しかし、戦後になると連合国軍最高司令官総司令部(GHQ/SCAP)が日本の民主化のため、軍国教育の温床となった師範学校制度を解体し、米国にならって教員養成を大学で行うよう指導した。