Legislature Passed Two Experimental Education Laws, Providing a Legal Basis for the Rights of Learning and School Choice
Announced Date：2015-02-06
Announced Unit：Office of the Secretary
The Article 13 of Educational Fundamental Act stipulates that the government and the people may conduct education experiments as needed, and strengthen research and assessment of education in order to improve education quality and promote education development. The article not only provides a legal basis for the government and the people to conduct experimental education, but also serves as an upper law which all experimental educations are subject to. In order to encourage innovation and experimentation of education and protect students' learning rights and parents' school choice, the Ministry of Education drafted the Act of Governing Non-School Mode of Experimental Education below Senior High School Level, Act of Governing School Mode of Experimental Education, and Act of Chartering School at the Elementary and Junior High School Levels to realize the spirit of the Education Fundamental Act, encouraging the government and the people to implement experimental education. The legislature has passed the Act of Governing Non-School Mode of Experimental Education below Senior High School Level and the Act of Governing School Mode Experimental Education. Their tenets are as follows: