‘OUT OF TIME’:Students said the ministry did not show any sincerity at the forum, from which the education minister was absent, and complained of being snubbed
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 24, 2015
By: Abraham Gerber / Staff reporter
Students from the Northern Taiwan Anti-Curriculum Changes Alliance yesterday stormed out
Students from Tainan National First High School yesterday unfurl banners during a meeting held by the Ministry of Education to discuss the government’s planned changes to high-school curriculum guidelines. The students asked that Minister of Education Wu Se-hwa respond to their concerns in person. Photo: Wang Chun-chung, Taipei Times
of a Ministry of Education sponsored forum in Taipei on controversial adjustments to high-school curriculum guidelines.
Alliance spokesman Brian Sung (宋運川) said that K-12 Education Administration Director Wu Ching-shan’s (吳清山) responses to students’ questions lacked sincerity, with Wu avoiding key issues and deliberately wasting time.
“[Wu] was unable to give an account for why the ministry waited until now to put on the forums, or where in the world Minister [of Education Wu Se-hwa (吳思華)] is,” Sung said.
He rejected offers by Wu Ching-shan to arrange a meeting between student representatives and Wu, saying it was too late. [FULL STORY]
