The Ministry of Education seeks to extend equal development opportunities to new immigrants
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/29
By: Ryan Drillsma, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
(By Wikimedia Commons)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s 12-year Curriculum for Basic Education will be introduced next year and includes language course in Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai and Burmese.
The 12-year Curriculum is an important measure that will readjust Taiwan’s education system in line with current problems and demographic changes the island is facing.
The overextension of college and university education plus slowing birth rates are creating a gap between school and work that must be closed in order to ensure Taiwan remains economically competitive, according to a 2014 White Paper on Human Resource Development.
As well as this, thanks in part to Tsai Ing-wen’s New Southbound Policy initiative, Taiwan is experiencing a huge influx of migrants from Southeast Asia that require and demand different educational opportunities. [FULL STORY]
