LOW BIRTH RATE IMPACTS HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION|少子化衝擊 教育部推高中職轉型.退場

As birth rates continue to drop, the Ministry of Education has set up a mechanism for schools experiencing trouble to receive assistance, or when the situation is past repair, to help pull the plug. Classrooms stood empty and dusty as the school no longer accepts students. Due to a low birth rate, the private vocational high school Huajiyongan in Tainan was closed in 2014, after failing to get permission to take in students for two consecutive years. This is not an individual case. The low birth rate has greatly impacted high school enrollment across Taiwan. == KUO HUI-CHUN ChiaYi Private TATUNG Comm. High School== As the number of students continue to fall, the board of directors made a decision to undertake school transformation. The Tatung Private Commercial High School in Chiayi is just another case. The school was transformed into a foundation after closing down in 2015. In 2008, there were around 890,000 high school students across Taiwan. In 2017, the number fell to 770,000. There will only be 240,000 students taking part in this year's Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students, marking a new low. There used to be 300,000 junior high school students taking the high school placement test. As it becomes more and more difficult for high schools to survive, the Ministry of Education is helping suffering high schools to transform. == HAN CHUN-SHU K-12 Education Administration, MOE ==　 For high schools with poor performance evaluation or with insufficient students, the MOE will be glad to see them file an application for support. If the school is experiencing financial crisis or has owed teachers salaries for two or three months, then the MOE will take the initiative to interfere. The MOE hopes that high schools with insufficient students can take the initiative to ask it for help. However, the school may still be closed if the MOE's help has no effect. The National Federation of Teachers Union think that this is the time to develop better education. == CHANG WEN-CHANG Chief NTFU Policy Dept.== In the new course guidelines for the K-12 education, high school compulsory course credits are lowered, and optional courses have increased. To better high school education, a high school student class should be no more than 30 students. NFTU suggested replanning vocational high school programs according to the number of people the industries need. To cope with the impact of low birth rate, education authorities should refine vocational high school programs, instead of allowing schools to open similar programs unrestrained. TRANSLATED BY ARIEL HSIEH 教室空蕩蕩，沒有學生上課，牆上油漆己現斑駁，台南華濟永安高中，101和102年沒獲核准招生，最後在103年停止辦學。少子化衝擊高中職招生，華濟永安不是個案。 ==大同高商校長 郭慧春== 是因為學生人數逐年下降的關係 所以董事會的話 決定學校轉型 嘉義市私立大同高商，也在103年停招、並且轉型，主要原因還是「少子化」。97學年，公私立高中職學生，有89萬多人，但人數逐漸下滑，105學年，只剩下77萬多人。以往基測30萬名考生，今年會考也降到24萬多人，創歷年新低。高中職辦學越來越嚴峻，為此，教育部訂立高中職轉型輔導作業要點。 ==教育部國教署高中職組長 韓春樹== 評鑑比較差的 或是覺得 那他的招生比較差的 我們很樂意他提出申請 比方說他(校方) 積欠老師的薪水 兩三個月 或是財務發生重要的危機 那我們會主動介入 比照大專輔導退場機制，就連指標也相近，教育部希望學校主動提申請，輔導無效就得退場，但全教總認為，這更是推動精緻教育的時機。 ==全國教師工會總聯合會政策部主任 張文昌== 因應這個12年國教 新課綱一個推動 其中 當中一個很重要的部分 就是在高中的階段 降低必修 增加選修課程 高中職的精緻教育方案 那我們主張應該 逐年降到(一班)30人 全教總表示，逐年降低班級學生數是既定政策，建議相關單位，可按照產業目標人力需求，調整技職學校的科系安排，不要讓學校「趕流行」開設許多類似科系，以比較精緻化的教學，因應少子化對教育界的衝擊。 記者 曹晏郡 張國樑 台北報導