The Transformation of Taiwan's Upper Secondary Education System: A Policy Analysis

Creator

Hueih-Lirng Laih
Ian Westbury

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

September 1998

Abstract

This paper explores the policy issues circling around the structural "transition" in upper secondary education implicit in the twenty-year increase in secondary and third-level school enrollment rates in Taiwan. This expansion has taken place within a secondary school system which is rigidly divided into both general, i.e., academic, and vocational tracks and into public and private sectors: the majority of students are enrolled in the private vocational sector which is only loosely articulated with the university sector. These features of the school system are analysed against the background of social and economic developments in Taiwan as well as public opinion. ...

Keywords

Vocational education, Public Schools, Private schools, Education--Taiwan

Extent

27

Geographic Location

Taiwan

Volume

6

Issue

18

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00109

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Laih, Hueih-Lirng and Westbury, Ian, "The Transformation of Taiwan's Upper Secondary Education System: A Policy Analysis" (1998). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 22.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/22