Universities’ efforts to recruit foreign students outside established programs would be scrutinized more closely, the Ministry of Education said yesterday, after Ugandan students accused Chung Chou University of Science and Technology of using them as laborers.
The ministry said it on Jan. 10 received a complaint from students saying that the university did not live up to what it had promised when recruiting them and instead exploited them as laborers.
Police on Friday last week questioned the university’s Department of Education Promotion director, surnamed Lan (藍), and its vice president, surnamed Chai (柴), the ministry said.
Chai and Lan were suspected of breaching
‘BROKEN PROMISE’: One university official was detained and another released on bail over labor exploitation allegations by students from UgandaBy Wu Po-hsuan, Rachel Lin and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Private school crisis a policy failure: groups
IMBALANCE: The government approved the establishment of many private universities even as the birthrate declined, leading to a surplus of schools, school associations said
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The government is partly to blame for the crisis private schools are facing today, representatives from private school associations said yesterday.
Their remarks come as lawmakers review a draft act proposed by the Executive Yuan to regulate the closure of private senior-high schools and colleges.
Over the years, private schools have made many contributions to the cultivation of talent in the nation, whether in higher education, or senior-high and vocational education, Association of Private Universities and Colleges of Technology president Ko Tzu-hsiang (葛自祥) told a news conference in Taipei.