With the Executive Yuan having ratified the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) Regulations Governing the Enrollment of People from the Mainland Area in Taiwanese Colleges and Above (大陸地區人民來台就讀專科以上學校辦法), Taiwan is expected to welcome the first group of Chinese students in September, the ministry said yesterday.
The MOE said in a press release that the Executive Yuan approved the regulations last Thursday, empowering the ministry to begin the recruitment process.
Under the regulations, schools that are allowed to enroll Chinese students will organize a recruitment committee early next month after the MOE finalizes the number of vacancies for each school, the ministry said.
The schools will begin accepting applications for graduate school in early April and for undergraduate programs the following month, the ministry said.
TUITION
Chinese students must pay tuition equivalent to or higher than -tuition for private university students, the ministry said.
MOE statistics show that students attending the nation’s private universities pay between NT$42,000 and NT$70,000 per semester.
PERMITS
Chinese students who are accepted will be given permits to enter Taiwan in late July, the ministry said, adding that the government will keep its promise to prohibit Chinese students from working part-time or full-time during their stay in Taiwan and not earmark scholarships for them.
Meanwhile, the ministry said Taiwan would now begin to give recognition to credentials issued by 41 Chinese universities.
Eligible applicants include those who have permits to stay in Taiwan as dependents and those who would like to apply for schools in Taiwan.
However, only those who enrolled in universities or graduate school in China after Sept. 3 last year — the date related laws were passed — and obtain their credentials later can apply for the recognition.
Those who obtained their Chinese credentials between Sept. 18, 1992, and Sept. 3 last year can participate in screening examinations held by the MOE, the ministry said.
The government announced that it would accept Chinese diplomas on Sept. 18, 1992, but the legislature did not pass relevant laws until September last year.
Medical degrees will remain excluded from the recognition, the ministry said.
One of two tropical depressions that formed off Taiwan yesterday morning could turn into a moderate typhoon by the weekend, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Tropical Depression No. 21 formed at 8am about 1,850km off the southeast coast, CWA forecaster Lee Meng-hsuan (李孟軒) said. The weather system is expected to move northwest as it builds momentum, possibly intensifying this weekend into a typhoon, which would be called Mitag, Lee said. The radius of the storm is expected to reach almost 200km, she said. It is forecast to approach the southeast of Taiwan on Monday next week and pass through the Bashi Channel
WARNING: People in coastal areas need to beware of heavy swells and strong winds, and those in mountainous areas should brace for heavy rain, the CWA said The Central Weather Administration (CWA) yesterday issued sea and land warnings for Typhoon Ragasa, forecasting that it would continue to intensify and affect the nation the most today and tomorrow. People in Hualien and Taitung counties, and mountainous areas in Yilan and Pingtung counties, should brace for damage caused by extremely heavy rain brought by the typhoon’s outer rim, as it was upgraded to a super typhoon yesterday morning, the CWA said. As of 5:30pm yesterday, the storm’s center was about 630km southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost tip, moving northwest at 21kph, and its maximum wind speed had reached
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) yesterday said that it expected to issue a sea warning for Typhoon Ragasa this morning and a land warning at night as it approached Taiwan. Ragasa intensified from a tropical storm into a typhoon at 8am yesterday, the CWA said, adding that at 2pm, it was about 1,110km east-southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost tip. The typhoon was moving northwest at 13kph, with sustained winds of up to 119kph and gusts reaching 155kph, the CWA Web site showed. Forecaster Liu Pei-teng (劉沛滕) said that Ragasa was projected to strengthen as it neared the Bashi Channel, with its 200km
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hualien and Taitung counties declared today a typhoon day, while schools and offices in parts of Kaohsiung and Pingtung counties are also to close Typhoon Ragasa was forecast to hit its peak strength and come closest to Taiwan from yesterday afternoon through today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. Taiwan proper could be out of the typhoon’s radius by midday and the sea warning might be lifted tonight, it added. CWA senior weather specialist Wu Wan-hua (伍婉華) said that Ragasa’s radius had reached the Hengchun Peninsula by 11am yesterday and was expected to hit Taitung County and Kaohsiung by yesterday evening. Ragasa was forecast to move to Taiwan’s southern offshore areas last night and to its southwestern offshore areas early today, she added. As of 8pm last night,
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