Taiwan's Mode of Education

Education system

Taiwan’s government is strongly encouraging the Taiwanese to study. There is a compulsory for the Taiwanese to study between the ages of 6 to 15 years old. Usually, the education system process includes two years of pre-school education, six years of primary school, three years of junior high school, three years of senior secondary school, and four to seven years of college or university.

High education in Taiwan includes the junior colleges, colleges, university and graduate programs. Students need to take relevant examinations to enter the college or university they want after finish their study in senior secondary school. The universities and colleges in Taiwan have different type of master’s and doctoral programs. The government in Taiwan set up more colleges and universities. Not only that, the government also allowed more private institutions to enter and set up in Taiwan. 

The language of instruction in Taiwan is Mandarin Chinese as their principal language and they maintain the norm of the education policy. Although there are many indigenous groups with different indigenous languages, the education system in Taiwan is standardized to use mandarin Chinese. However, some school also teaches other languages, for example, Hakka and Taiyu.