Technical and Vocational Education 25 24 Technical and Vocational Education I An Overview The MOE has formed a Department of Technical and Vocational Education that is responsible for technical and vocational educational affairs in Taiwan and directly oversees and guides universities of science and technology as well as technology colleges and junior colleges. The education departments of municipalities are responsible for supervising technical and vocational educational affairs in secondary schools. The MOE’s K-12 Education Administration supervises national senior secondary schools, affiliated junior high schools, and private senior secondary schools outside of the municipalities. County and city education departments are in charge of supervising the vocational education affairs of county or city senior secondary schools and the technology education affairs of junior high schools in their jurisdiction. Technical and vocational education in Taiwan is provided in both secondary and higher education. At the secondary level, besides technical and vocational courses that are taught in junior high schools, there are also skill-based senior high schools, as well as technical and vocational courses in general senior high schools and comprehensive senior high schools. At the higher level, there are junior colleges (two-year and five-year), technology colleges, and universities of science and technology (two-year and four-year). These colleges and universities may recruit students for associate-degree programs, bachelor programs, master’s degree programs, and doctoral degree programs. II Development of Technical and Vocational Education 1 Secondary Education A. Characteristics i. Complete structure and system. ii. Students study in private schools is more than in public schools. iii. Adaptive school system and subject courses. iv. Job-oriented courses with hands-on training. B. Key points to be strengthened i. Suitable concern for disadvantaged students. ii. Open admission and specialty enrollment. iii. Actively improve the quality of teaching. iv. Promote industry-academia collaboration. v. Cultivate talent with high technical quality. vi. Stress the creative research and development of industry-academia cooperation. 2 Youth Education and Employment Savings Account Program To encourage general and vocational high school students to explore professional opportunities at work and internationally and to learn more about future goals, the MOE launched the “Youth Education and Employment Savings Account Program” in 2017. This project comprises two parts: the “Youth Employment Pilot Program” and the “Youth Experiential Learning Program.” With the former, recipients will receive a monthly subsidy of NT$10,000 for no more than three years as a form of support in employment, education, or starting up a business. Applicants to the “Youth Experiential Learning Program” will have the opportunity to explore life’s paths by volunteering and travelling. 3 Industry-Academia Cooperation Program 2.0 To combine technical and vocational education’s academic advancement and employment channels, the MOE works with the Ministry of Labor and Ministry of Economic Affairs to expand and promote the “IndustryAcademia Cooperation Program 2.0.” The program has technical and vocational high schools, technical colleges, and enterprises work together, consolidating rewards and resources while providing incentives such as funding and student scholarships and stipends to encourage technical and vocational high school students to enroll in technical colleges and become employees, achieving the goal of having enterprises and schools jointly cultivate talent. 4 Higher Technical and Vocational Education A. Characteristics i. Flexible study and recurrent education: there needs to be the
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