The Tranan Qwasan Biru Experimental Elementary School in New Taipei City’s Wulai District (烏來) is offering a new immersion language program to promote indigenous-language education, the city government said on Wednesday.
The school was founded in September 2020 to preserve Atayal culture, initially employing Atayal elders as teaching staff, New Taipei City Indigenous Peoples Department Commissioner Lo Mei-ching (羅美菁) said in an interview.
The school teaches the Atayal language through traditional activities, seeking that students build fluency naturally, she said.
Lo said the dress she wore to the interview was created by students in an arts and crafts class focused on traditional weaving
In the last couple of weeks Taiwanese have reacted with growing uneasiness to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A recent poll from the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation (TPOF) shows that clear majorities think the invasion unjustified and support Taiwan’s participation in the western sanctions on Russia.
A poll by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) showed that 65 percent of the populace was willing to fight for the nation. Clearly Ukraine’s experience is reshaping the public’s view of defense. The moment is here to be seized, if the government will move on it.
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Taipei, Jan. 23 (CNA) The former chief of Taiwan Air Force's Weather Center recently received a two-year suspension from working in the public sector for gross negligence deemed partly responsible for a military chopper crash in 2020 that killed eight military officers, including the nation's then top military commander, Chief of the General Staff Shen Yi-ming (沈一鳴).
The former head of the air force’s weather center cannot work in the public sector for two years after being found guilty of gross negligence in actions deemed partly responsible for a military helicopter crash in 2020 that killed eight military officers, including chief of the general staff general Shen Yi-ming (沈一鳴).
Although proceedings of the Judicial Yuan’s Disciplinary Court are confidential, a source told the Central News Agency on condition of anonymity that the court, which is responsible for punishing civil servants, gave Jen I-wei (任亦偉) the two-year suspension.
Jen was head of the weather center at the Air Force Weather