Abstract
This paper attempts to clarify the problems of the ad-hoc Educational Reform Council's recommendations concerning the revitalization of the boards of education by reconsidering the meaning of the term "revitalization". 1. The revitalization of the boards of education is as follows; to raise their abilities by finding the way and mean for their present institution and to activate their functions more than ever. 2. The problems of the ad-hoc Educational Reform Council's recommendations concerning the revitalization of the boards of education are as follows; (1) The Council did not recommend the adjustment of the law and institutions necessary for the boards of education to activate their functions. (2) The Council did not recommend, especially in the last report, any plans for "a reconsideration of the division of work between the central government and the local authorities" necessary for the boards of education to raise their abilities. (3) The Council did not revive completely the original ideas of introducing the board of education system in its six recommendations to revitalize them.
