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> 明治【めいじ】時代【じだい】 **における** 学校【がっこう】教育【きょういく】について

Please help understand the use of ～における. Is it a form of `において`?

Why wouldn't it be a past form then?
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Understanding use of における
`における` can be thought of as a prefix version of `において`. While you can say for
example `△においては`, this usually means something like "about △", `における` can be
used when you want to focus on a particular aspect of your subject matter. In
this case your subject matter is the Meiji era, and you are focusing on its
school education. You can also translate `における` as "pertaining to". I would
translate your phrase, depending on the continuation, as

> About the school education of/during the Meiji era...
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