| Article 1
The mission of vocational schools, as pursuant to Article 158
of the Constitution of the Republic of China, is to equip
young people with vocational knowledge and skills, to instill
an understanding of professional ethics, and to develop
well-rounded technicians for entry-level employment.
Article 2
Vocational school shall, in principle, be established in one
category and the name of the vocational school shall designate
the school's category. The vocational school may encompass two
categories as necessary and the following may be deemed as a
single category: business and home economics, maritime
technology and fisheries, medical technology and nursing,
and arts and drama.
Each category shall have several departments. The school shall
report the establishment, modification or suspension of each
department to the competent educational authority for approval.
For newly applied departments which not yet set the curriculum
standards or guidelines, the establish application shall be
forward to the Ministry of Education for approval.Vocational
school approved by the competent educational authority as
described in the foregoing paragraph can arrange practical
skills curriculums which can be completed on annual basis.
Article 3
Standards for establishing of vocational schools shall be
prescribed by the Ministry of Education.
Article 4
To qualify for admission to a vocational school, students
must have graduated from junior high school or obtained
an equivalent educational level (the standard of the
equivalent education level shall be prescribed by the
Ministry of Education).
Vocational schools shall diversify their approach to
recruitment and the Ministry of Education shall prescribe
recruitment approaches, applicable areas, scope, methods,
the targets of recruitment, application time, division,
the ratio of quotas and other regulations upon consultation
with special municipality and county/city educational
authorities.The term of study at vocational schools
shall be limited in principle to three years. The
competent educational authority shall report the
following situation to the Ministry for authorization:
Special departments that may need to increase or decrease
the term limitation.
Vocational schools shall scrutinize the study performance
of students; the school shall shorten the term of study
of the students with excellent academic performance by
a half to one year. The students who do not receive the
required credits in a term may extend their term of study
by two years. The Ministry of Education shall prescribe
regulations for the subjects, methods standards and other
relevant issues so as to examine students’ study results.
Article 4-1
The above regulations and limitations of recruitment quota
and methods shall not be applicable to the students from
disaster-affected areas, the children of the personnel
deployed to foreign countries by the government, students
showing excellent performance in international academic
or technical competitions, talented student athletes,
veterans, overseas Chinese students, Mongolian and
Tibetan students, and foreign students. Regulations
of recruitment quota, methods, qualification, and
application procedures, admission standards and the rights
and obligations of candidates applicable related thereto
shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Education.
Article 5
Vocational schools may establish evening division,
primarily for employed persons. Regulations applicable
thereto shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Education.
Article 6
Vocational schools shall be established by individual
municipal government. As required by local circumstances,
however, they may also be established by counties and
county-level cities, or by private parties acting in
accordance with the provisions of the Private School Act.
The Ministry of Education may establish national vocational
schools according to real requirement.
Article 7
If there is any establishment, modification or suspension
of operations of a municipal vocational school, such
actions shall be approved by the municipal government and
reported to the Ministry of Education for recording. For
a vocational school established by a county or
county-level city, such actions shall be approved by the
government of the county or county-level city and reported
to the Ministry of Education for recording. For a Private
vocational school, such actions shall be governed in
accordance with the provisions of the Private School Act.
Article 8
The academic subjects taught at vocational schools shall
be oriented toward practical application, and shall
emphasize general knowledge, internship and experimentation
. Curriculum standards, facilities, standards, and
regulations governing internships shall be prescribed
by the Ministry of Education.
As a means of building a foundation for vocational schools,
vocational subjects and technical training at the junior
high school level shall be provided in accordance with the
preceding paragraph.
The textbooks of vocational schools shall be examined by
the Ministry of Education or other authorized agencies.
The regulations concerning applicant qualification,
application procedures, expense, examination scope,
examination procedures, the issue and abolition of
licenses, printing standards, emendation and other
relevant issues related thereto shall be prescribed
by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education
shall edit the said textbooks, if necessary.
Article 8-1
Vocational schools may organize all kinds of education
experiments as needed and enhance education quality, and
shall report to the competent educational authority for
approval. The regulation of the scopes of experiments,
application methods and procedures, examinations and
other relevant issues related thereto shall be prescribed
by the Ministry of Education.
Article 9
Vocational schools shall provide continuing education and
industry-education cooperation programs as needed.
Regulations related thereto shall be prescribed by the
Ministry of Education.
Article 10
A vocational school shall have one principal who shall
be in charged of responsibility for overall management
of school affairs. The principal shall not concurrently
hold external full-time positions except for lecturing
in the school. The principals of national vocational
schools shall be selected and appointed by the competent
educational authority. In the case of a private
vocational school, the board of directors shall select
and hire the principal.
The selection shall be carried out by the selection
commission formed by the competent educational authority
or the board of directors. The regulations of organizing
selection commission, selecting standards, methods,
procedures, employment and other relevant issues
shall be prescribed by the competent educational authority.
The principles of affiliated vocational schools, as
provided for Teacher Education Law, shall be selected
among the qualified personnel in the schools by the
principle in each university. The school shall also
report to the competent educational authority for
recording.
Public vocational school principals shall serve specific
terms; the principals may only renew their term once at
the same school. The principals, who are not at the
expiration of their term and their tours of second term
have not reached halfway yet, cannot participate in
principal selection at other schools. The regulations of
terms and evaluation related thereto shall be prescribed
by the Ministry of Education.
Article 10-1
The current public vocational school principals with
teaching certificates can return to school as teachers
without the examination of Faculty Evaluation Committee,
or they can transfer to other public schools as a teacher
via the competent education authority. Those preceding
current principals without teaching certificates or those
with teaching certificates but not willing return to
schools as a teacher have the following options:
1.Those who conform to retirement requirements and
volunteer to retire: the competent education authority
shall approve their retirement requests.
2.Those who did not conform to retirement requirements
or are not willing to retire: the competent education
authority shall assist them to transfer to other
occupations depending on their willingness and
qualifications.
Article 10-2
The competent education authority shall carry out annual
evaluations of the principals and teachers in public
vocational schools. The regulations of the evaluation
grade or result, rewards and penalty categories, the
organization and tasks of evaluation committee,
evaluation procedures and other relative issues shall
be prescribed by the Ministry of Education.
Article 10-3
Vocational schools shall establish agencies that shall be
in charged of educational administration, student affairs,
practical training, general affairs, library, information,
personnel, accounting and so on; and the school shall also
establish agencies that are relative to continuing
education, industry-education cooperation programs,
research development, recruitment affairs, technology
exchanges and fund collection. The duty of each agency
shall be authorized by the competent education authority.
Vocational schools may employ one secretary, one library
director, and one department director for each department.
The full-time teachers of the schools can serve in the
above positions. Each first-class agency that is mentioned
above shall have one director.
Article 10-4
Vocational schools shall have one homeroom teacher in each
class to assist with student counseling. The principal may
appoint homeroom teacher from the full-time teaching staff.
Article 10-5
Vocational Schools shall establish Governing Board to
resolve important administrative affairs. There shall
be at least one meeting in each semester, and the
meeting shall be convened and presided by principals.
The administrative affairs meeting shall be composed of
principals, each agency director, each department
director, all full-time teachers or teachers’
representatives.Vocational schools shall establish
the committees for educational administration, student
affairs, general affairs and practical training and
others. The regulations about the formation and missions
related thereto shall be prescribed by each school.
Article 10-6
Vocational schools shall establish a counseling committee
which shall have a director that can be served by principals.
Principals shall hire the commissioners from each agency
director and relevant full-time teachers. Principals
may also employ professional counseling instructors
and voluntary counselors.
Principals may hire full-time counseling teachers with
professional counseling knowledge and shall select the
director from among counseling teachers.
Vocational schools shall assist and counsel students
to develop their ability, aptitude and interests. The
regulations about counseling, counseling scope,
procedures, implementation methods and other relevant
issues shall be prescribed by the competent education
authority.
Article 11
Vocational school teachers shall be full-time employees.
Part-time teachers may be hired in situations based on a
case-by-case basis, the hiring of teachers shall be
processed in accordance with the Teacher’s Act.
Should there be vacancies in public vocational schools,
the Faculty Evaluation Committee may reach a decision
followed by a report to the competent educational
authority for handling the hiring process, with
the principal directing the appointment process.
The competent educational authority may, act by
itself or form an appointment committee, process
the appointment and hiring of vocational school
teachers in accordance with the previous subparagraph;
measures governing the organization of the committee,
appointment terms and procedures shall be prescribed
by the competent educational authority.
Vocational schools may select and hire experienced
persons as technical and professional course instructors
in the teaching of professional or technical subjects.
The Ministry of Education shall prescribed regulations
of ranking, qualification, employment, dismissal, suspension,
discontinuance of employment, appeals, treatment, welfare,
educational training, retirement, bereavement payment,
dismissal with severance pay, annual increment, and
other legal rights and interests.
Vocational school administrative staff shall be appointed
by the principal and shall be notified to the competent
educational authority for recording.
Article 12
The Ministry of Education shall prescribe regulations
pertaining to the selection/recruitment, appointment/engagement,
and promotion/transfer of the director of military
instruction,military instructors, and nursing teachers
at vocational schools.
Article 13
The Ministry of Education shall prescribe hiring criteria
for the principal as well as for teaching and administrative
staff of public vocational schools.
Article 14
The students of a vocational school shall receive no less
than 150 credits before graduation. The school shall award
a graduation certificate to students who have completed
the required coursework at passing grades. The vocational
school shall confer a certificate of study for that year's
coursework to the students who complete required coursework
of a Practical Technical Program at passing grades.
Each competent educational authority shall regulate such
affairs as regarding reservation of enrolled student’s
admission status, student transferring to other school
and other department, suspension of study, student being
expelled from school, course credits waiving, taking
summer courses, the student status adjustment concerning
military service or due to going abroad, double student
identity and other matters related to student status.
Article 15
Each competent educational authority shall prescribe regulations
concerning vocational school tuition fee, the items,
purpose and amount of tuition fee, and matters related
thereto.
Vocational schools shall establish a special account to
carry out the management of revenue and related expenditure
of providing school venues, facilities and equipment for use,
entrusted operations, reward for civil participation, student’s
retaking of classes, enrollment, selection, internships, and
implementation of extended education. The accumulated surplus
shall be used in improving school basic equipment or fleshing
out teaching equipment for educational purposes and not be
restricted under the Article 13 of Budget Law, Article 7 of
State Owned Property Act and the relevant limitation of local
public property management.
The Central competent educational authority shall prescribe
the regulation of the above management of revenue and related
expenditure.
Article 15-1
The governments shall assist students of vocational schools
by providing student loans; Loan items include miscellaneous
expenses, practical training, books, accommodation, living
expenses, group insurance for students, study abroad, and
other relevant costs. Regulation on applying qualifications,
amount, rights and obligations as well as other proceedings
shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Education.
Article 15-2
Vocational schools should have group insurance for students;
the coverage, amount, payment method, duration, payment standard,
rights and obligations, process and other relevant regulations
should be prescribed by each educational authority.
The school should actively assist students who apply for
compensation.
Educational authorities at all levels should take out public
liability insurance for vocational school campuses within
their jurisdiction.
Costs incurred by the preceding paragraph should be included
within the Ministry of Education’s annual budget.
Article 16
Regulations Governing Vocational Schools shall be prescribed
by the Ministry of Education.
Article 17
This Law shall enter into force from the date of issuance |