The Central Council for Education was formed in June 1952 to investigate the educational system and propose policies regarding educational policy. It was formed as a successor to the , a post-war educational council, which proposed the formation of the CCE in November 1951. In the 1960s, the Central Council for Education was responsible for proposing the (failed) proposal concerning six-year vocational secondary schools. They put an emphasis on vocational education, saying in 1966 that secondary education should be "diversified in response to careful consideration of societal demands." In 1967, Minister of Education
Kennoki Toshihiro called on the Central Council for Education to make reforms to the Japanese education system and to create "basic guidelines for the development of an integrated educational system suited for contemporary society." The
Zenkyoto protests in 1968–9, which brought education reform to the top of government agenda, brought the CCE to the forefront of politics. After the CCE helped deal with the disturbances in 1969, they began to produce "basic guidelines" for reform in 1971. ==References==