The MOE Looks After New Residents’ Children with the “Taiwan New Resident Torch Program”
Announced Date：2013-12-06
Announced Unit：Office of the Secretary
According to the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) statistics, the total number of new residents is 477,712 at the end of April, 2013. Foreign spouses who immigrate to Taiwan and their children still face difficulty adapting to life in Taiwan due to language and cultural barriers, and it is the government’s responsibility to provide them with care and counseling. The MOE and the MOI jointly host the “Taiwan New Resident Torch Program”, which is implemented from 2012 to 2014. It is hoped that through interagency and interdisciplinary collaboration among the MOI, the MOE, schools of all levels and private sectors, we can provide the children of new residents in Taiwan with a sound counseling mechanism on culture, education, and life.