The Enforcement Rules of the Senior High School Education Act
Announced Date：2013-12-27
These Enforcement Rules have been formulated in accordance with the provisions of Article 66 of the Senior High School Education Act (hereunder referred to as “the Act”).
Article 2
After the Act came into effect, if a senior high school that was established before the Act came into effect continued to use its original school name in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 of Article 9 of the Act then changes the type of school it is or its study areas, or it then undergoes a school merger or changes its institutional status, the school shall change its name in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 9 of the Act.
Article 3
In accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 15 of the Act, the incumbent principal of a public senior high school shall directly issue a certificate of appointment to each teacher assigned to teach at that school by the competent authority concerned. But when each teacher’s appointment expires, renewal of their appointment shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Teachers’ Act.
Article 4
A vice principal appointed by a senior high school in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of the Act who has a teacher qualification may, with the consent of the principal, teach classes outside the school part time, in addition to assisting the principal to implement school affairs.
Article 5
Each senior high school that sets up a subject and study area teaching research committee in accordance with the provisions of Article 26 of the Act shall appoint one person as a convener, who will be responsible for coordinating teachers to conduct research, improve teaching materials and teaching methods, and promote teaching activities, and it may reduce the basic number of hours the convener is required to teach each week.
Article 6
The private senior high school students referred to in Paragraph 1 of Article 36 of the Act for whom the provisions of Article 56 of the Act regarding free tuition are not applicable is a reference to students who, in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 6 of Article 35 of the Act, are admitted into senior high schools that have been reviewed by and received approval from the competent authority concerned to independently enroll students. This does not, however, include any students who are admitted in accordance with the exam-free admission quota stipulated in the proviso of Paragraph 6 of Article 35 of the Act.
Article 7
Senior high schools teach courses progressively in accordance with the grade level; the number of students in a class is limited to between 25 and 45. Under special circumstances, however, a school that has been appraised and given an exemption by the competent authority concerned is not bound by this restriction.
A newly opened senior high school is not permitted to admit students for grade 11 and grade 12 in its first year of operations and it is not permitted to admit students for grade 12 in its second year of operations.
Article 8
In accordance with the provisions of Article 48 of the Act, senior high schools shall openly select and use textbooks that have been compiled by private sector publishers and reviewed and approved by the National Academy for Educational Research, or textbooks compiled by the central competent authority and the schools may also develop supplementary teaching materials in accordance with the Senior High School Curriculum Guidelines and the related directions governing their implementation.
Article 9
In accordance with the provisions of Article 64 of the Act, within three years after the Act came into effect, each continuing education senior high school that was set up before the Act came into effect and each night school division that was set up before the Act came into effect shall submit a plan for its proposed transformation which incorporates detailed planning regarding student learning, teaching of courses, and the protection of the rights and interests of teachers and all other staff members, and students, in accordance with the provisions of Article 64 of the Act; each former continuing education senior high school and each former night school division of a senior high school shall become a continuing education division of a senior high school after the competent authority concerned has appraised and ratified its proposed transformation plan.
Article 10
These Enforcement Rules came into effect on August 1, 2014.
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