Taipei, Sept. 24 (CNA) Two Taiwanese educators were honored at the annual Super Teacher Awards on Saturday ahead of Taiwan Teachers' Day for encouraging their students in rural communities to enjoy the outdoors and get hands-on experience farming to build character.
Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) The Ministry of Education (MOE) concluded a two-day review Wednesday by announcing that it has ordered one private school to close and placed six others on a "watch list" due to their poor performance, requiring them to improve within a set period of time or face the same fate.
REWARDS PROGRAM: The Ministry of Education urged private schools to reduce the scope of their operations and focus on sustainability amid mounting lossesBy Wu Po-hsuan, Rachel Lin and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Twenty-two public and 29 private universities missed their recruitment target by 14,000 students, despite reporting a record acceptance rate of 98.94 percent, the University Admission Committee said on Friday, underscoring the severity of student shortfalls due to declining birthrates.
The committee, in a report on acceptance rates nationwide, said that 25,297 prospective students took entrance exams this year, 9,272 fewer than last year, as universities sought to recruit 39,350 students, but missed their target by 36.83 percent.
In terms of student majors, foreign-language departments made up more than 62 percent of the departments that were unable to meet their recruitment targets, the
By Rachel Lin, Yang Mien-chieh and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerTwenty-two public and 29 private universities missed their recruitment target by 14,000 students, despite reporting a record acceptance rate of 98.94 percent, the University Admission Committee said on Friday, underscoring the severity of student shortfalls due to declining birthrates.