MOE to Invest Over NT$100M in K-12 International Education to Foster Cultural Confidence
Taiwan's Ministry of Education (MOE) will invest over NT$100 million in the 2025 academic year to subsidize 352 elementary and secondary schools under its "Mid-term Plan for International Education." The initiative aims to encourage physical exchanges with overseas schools, allowing students to broaden their international perspectives, demonstrate cultural confidence by showcasing local features like Bunun aboriginal culture and glove puppetry, and promote Taiwanese culture globally.
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TAIPEI (CNA) – Taiwan's Ministry of Education (MOE) is promoting its "Mid-term Plan for International Education in Elementary and Secondary Schools," allocating over NT$100 million for the 2025 academic year. The funds will subsidize 352 schools to organize activities, broaden students' horizons abroad, and display cultural confidence during exchanges, promoting local characteristics on the international stage. In a press release today, the MOE stated that the plan encourages domestic schools to integrate distinctive curricula with local culture to establish physical exchanges and long-term partnerships with overseas schools. In recent years, these exchanges have extended beyond neighboring Asian countries to Europe and the Americas. Jianshan Elementary School, located in a remote area of Kaohsiung City, enabled its students and teachers to visit a sister school in the United States, bringing traditional Bunun aboriginal culture to the international stage. Shezi Elementary School from Taoyuan City traveled to Japan, using campus plants to develop creative products as gifts of citizen diplomacy. International exchange emphasizes two-way interaction, and many schools also host visiting delegations from overseas. Huwei Junior High School in Yunlin County welcomed Ogata Junior High School from Japan with traditional arts like glove puppetry and lion dance. Mailiao High School guided students and teachers from Vietnam's Le Minh High School to experience a tea ceremony in traditional attire. Hualien Senior High School hosted Yaeyama Shoko High School from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, vividly introducing their campus and local Hualien cuisine in fluent foreign languages. These distinctive curricula have not only successfully attracted overseas students and teachers but have also established stable, long-term interactive mechanisms. The MOE stated that it will continue to guide schools in integrating international education into their curricula, aiming to build more resilient and sustainable global partnerships through physical, two-way exchanges. (Edited by Lee Heng-shan) 1150521