Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/23
By: Justin Su and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Sept. 23 (CNA) The Ministry of Education (MOE) has decided that classical

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Chinese will account for 35-45 percent of the Chinese language curriculum at senior high schools in Taiwan from 2019, after discussion divided along party lines.

At the end of two rounds of voting, the MOE’s curriculum review council settled on classical Chinese taking up 35-45 percent of Chinese language courses in public high schools, a 10 percentage point reduction from an earlier proposal made by the National Academy for Educational Research.

Speaking to CNA, both Democratic Progressive Party legislator Kuan Bi-ling (管碧玲) and Kuomingtang (KMT) legislator Ko Chih-en (柯志恩) expressed regret over the decision, though for different reasons.    [FULL  STORY]