By Hsu Li-chuan / Staff reporterMore than 100 fifth-grade students were punished by kneeling or standing for up to one minute at 5am during a graduation camp activity in Kaohsiung on Tuesday, prompting an investigation from school authorities, which yesterday said that corporal punishment to discipline children would not be condoned.
Seven Kaohsiung high schools are offering courses in semiconductor and digital technologies with the aim to improve local industry and tentative plans to expand the program citywide if the pilot proves successful.
The program offered in collaboration with National Sun Yat-sen University and the National University of Kaohsiung aims to improve students’ understanding of critical technologies and help local firms recruit talent, the organizers said at the official launch of the program on Tuesday at Tsoying Senior High School.
The first semester has already begun at the seven schools in the city’s Zuoying (左營) and Nanzih (楠梓) districts, said Legislator
Schools should limit online classes to half the length of normal classes so that students spend less time in front of screens, the Ministry of Education said in a statement on Saturday.
As schools have transitioned to distance learning amid a heightened COVID-19 alert level, the ministry said that class lengths should be reduced to 20 to 25 minutes to protect students’ eyesight.
Teachers can use pre-recorded videos, public-domain content and other online resources via communications software to teach students the curriculum during the school closure, the ministry said.
Classes for students in elementary school would still last 40 minutes, while classes
2021/02/04 11:16 (Pixabay photo) (Pixabay photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Kaohsiung City Government has launched an investigation into the alleged bullying of a student in the city s Fengshan District after a video of the incident went viral on social media. The 56-second video, which was shared on the Facebook page Local Residents of Fengshan (鳳山人在地大小事) Wednesday evening (Feb. 3), shows a high school girl in a black T-shirt being slapped across the face by nine other students. The alleged bullies also took turns pouring drinks over her head while laughing. Shortly after the video began circulating, Kaohsiung Education Bureau Director Hsieh Wen-pin (謝文斌) said the city s police department and officials from local high schools have taken immediate action to investigate the incident. City Councilor Huang Chie (黃捷), who represents Fengshan, asked the public to stop sharing the video, whic