MOE probes Tainan girls’ school’s insolvency

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 20, 2019
By: Jake Chung  /  Staff writer, with CNA

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has sent inspectors to investigate the finances of the Chang Jung

Girls’ Senior High School in Tainan after school dean Tai Chih-hsun (戴智勳) confirmed that the school is on the brink of insolvency and cannot pay its faculty.

In August, the school’s board of directors declared a salary cut, which led to the dismissal of two board members: Wang Chao-ching (王昭卿), who doubled as the school’s dean, and Chen Tsung-yen (陳宗彥), the deputy minister of the interior.

Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) told reporters yesterday that he and K-12 Education Administration Director-General Peng Fu-yuan (彭富源) agreed to dispatch a task force to the school as soon as possible.

The school has a decent record and 3,000 students, Pan said, adding that the ministry hopes to bail out the school after gaining a better understanding of the situation, as high-school education is tuition-free.    [FULL  STORY]