On Education In Taiwan

Education is one of the most important processes in today’s society. We all have to go through education in order to understand how society works and what’s going on around us.

In the past, the economy wasn’t as good as now and the average educational level of people in Taiwan was only elementary school-graduate or junior high school-dropout. The ratio of literate people was very low then.

When the economy started to take off, the educational level has also gradually risen. People started to pay attention to education since they wanted to keep up with society. However, there weren’t as many schools as now, so many people began working after graduating from junior high school.

 Now, there are schools everywhere, good and bad ones. You can go to a university with an entrance exam score of only 8 points. What’s going on？ What has education in Taiwan become？ The most ridiculous thing is, the government is about to execute the “12-year compulsory education” plan, which means there will be no entrance tests for high school anymore. The result of this is that students will be less competitive and no longer have interest in learning. I hope our government can wake up and consider the consequences of their policy will have on the education of our next generation!

 by Mark (Grade 7, Dong Shan Junior High)