Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/09
By: Phoenix Hsu and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, June 9 (CNA) Taiwan and Indonesia have maintained a trial program to encourage
Yang Yu-hui (楊玉惠), director of the MOE’s Technological and Vocational Education Department / CNA file photo
Indonesian junior college graduates to study in two-year institutes of technology in Taiwan, after Jakarta stopped issuing permits for high school graduates to study here, Taiwan’s Ministry of Education (MOE) said Sunday.
Under the trial program, which began in the 2018 academic year that started in September, the Indonesian government provides incentives for students pursuing advanced studies in Taiwan.
They include one-way air tickets and living costs of NT$20,000 (US$637) for the two-year period, according to Yang Yu-hui (楊玉惠), director of the MOE’s Technological and Vocational Education Department.
Meanwhile, however, Indonesia decided to dissuade high school graduates from seeking to study at four-year institutes of technology in Taiwan under an internship-study program, following media reports that some of such students have been forced by education brokers to work illegally in factories. [FULL STORY]
