# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第百二十条 (Article 120) - Law: 学校教育法 (School Education Act), 昭和二十二年法律第二十六号 - English title "School Education Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百二十条 (Article 120) — address `art-120` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百二十条 art-120 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120 **第一項** 高等専門学校には、校長、教授、准教授、助教、助手及び事務職員を置かなければならない。ただし、教育上の組織編制として適切と認められる場合には、准教授、助教又は助手を置かないことができる。 art-120/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120/par-1 Colleges of technology must have a school principal, professors, associate professors, assistant professors, assistants and administrative staff; provided, however, that if it is found to be appropriate as an educational organization, they may not have associate professors, assistant professors or assistants. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 高等専門学校には、前項のほか、講師、技術職員その他必要な職員を置くことができる。 art-120/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120/par-2 Colleges of technology may have lecturers, technical staff, and other necessary staff beyond what was referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 校長は、校務を掌り、所属職員を監督する。 art-120/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120/par-3 The school principal takes charge of school duties, and supervises staff members belonging to the college of technology. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 教授は、専攻分野について、教育上又は実務上の特に優れた知識、能力及び実績を有する者であつて、学生を教授する。 art-120/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120/par-4 Professors are persons who possess exceptional knowledge, abilities, and accomplishments in education or practice in their major field of study, and they are to teach students. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 准教授は、専攻分野について、教育上又は実務上の優れた知識、能力及び実績を有する者であつて、学生を教授する。 art-120/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120/par-5 Associate professors are persons who possess excellent knowledge, abilities, and accomplishments in education or practice in their major field of study, and they are to teach students. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 助教は、専攻分野について、教育上又は実務上の知識及び能力を有する者であつて、学生を教授する。 art-120/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120/par-6 Assistant professors are persons who possess knowledge and abilities in education and practice in their major field of study, and they are to teach students. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 助手は、その所属する組織における教育の円滑な実施に必要な業務に従事する。 art-120/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120/par-7 Assistants are to engage in duties necessary for smooth implementation of education in the organization they belong to. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 講師は、教授又は准教授に準ずる職務に従事する。 art-120/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120/par-8 Lecturers will engage in duties equivalent to those of professors or associate professors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-120/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 第百二十条第一項 (Article 120, paragraph (1)), art-120/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第百二十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-120/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-120/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 学校教育法 — the text in force from 2026-06-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000026/20260617_508AC0000000037), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — School Education Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4743/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 学校教育法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19