At the time of his first visit to Japan to speculate starting from 1579, Alessandoro Valignano who was a missionary of the Society of Jesus recognized through meetings with Japanese missionaries that it was essential to provide education to domestic and foreign people toward further expansion or propagation, and made it a policy to expand an education project.
イエズス会の宣教師アレッサンドロ・ヴァリニャーノは、天正7年（1579年）からの初の日本巡察の際、日本の宣教師などとの会議を経て、さらなる布教の拡大には内外人に教育を施すことが欠かせないことを認め、教育事業を拡大する方針をとった。