Lending Support to Remote Areas through Developing Local Culture-Based Curricula
Announced Date：2016-06-21
Announced Unit：Office of the Secretary
To solidify the foundation of national education, MOE set up National Education Preschool Program (NEPP) in 3 remote villages and 3 counties located in outlying islands in the school year of 2004. This program was subsequently extended to 54 aboriginal townships and cities during next year. In the school year of 2015, there were a total of 250 classes that received peripatetic guidance service from NEPC. Meanwhile, MOE subsidized municipalities (that are directly governed under central government) and countries (cities) to run their auxiliary service and guidance program to assist and support NEPC preschool educators in constructing curricula that respond to local cultures and learning needs, and ultimately stabilizing and enhancing the quality of education. Through clinical practices led by peripatetic guidance professors and teachers, local natural ecosystem and indigenous languages were integrated, thereby developing local culture-based curricula.