Education minister to meet with student protesters Monday

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/02
By: Hsu Chih-wei and Christie Chen

Taipei, Aug. 2 (CNA) Education Minister Wu Se-hwa (吳思華) will meet on Monday with

Activists tear up textbooks in a protest Sunday against the implementation of revised history curriculum guideline.

Activists tear up textbooks in a protest Sunday against the implementation of revised history curriculum guideline.

students who are opposed to the revised high-school curriculum guidelines, an education official confirmed Sunday.

The meeting will take place at the National Central Library in Taipei at 2 p.m., and if the students so wish, the meeting can be streamed live on the Internet, the ministry’s chief secretary Wang Chun-chuan (王俊權) told reporters.

The minister is expected to speak with students from the National Taichung First Senior High School at the meeting, which was coordinated by a former principal of the school, Wang said.

However, other student representatives are also welcome to participate, he added.     [FULL  STORY]

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