A normal school is categorized into two groups, an ordinary normal school and an higher (female) normal school (Article 2), and the existing normal schools for elementary education, secondary education and tertiary education were incorporated into ordinary normal schools, and the Tokyo normal school and Tokyo Women's Normal School were incorporated into higher normal schools.
師範学校は師範学校尋常師範学校（師範学校）と師範学校高等師範学校・女子高等師範学校の2つに分けられ（第2条）、それまであった、初等師範学校、中等師範学校、高等師範学校は、尋常師範学校、東京師範学校と東京女子師範学校は、高等師範学校とされる。