On this occasion the "Fundamental Principles of Elementary School Rules" of the Monbusho Order ruled that "the goal of shoka is enabling students to sing plain songs, and at the same time to cultivate a sense of beauty and to develop virtue."
このとき文部省令の「小学校教則大綱」によって「唱歌ハ平易ナル歌曲ヲ唱フコトヲ得シメ兼テ美感ヲ養ヒ徳性ノ涵養ニ資スルヲ以テ要旨トス」と目的を定められた。