Taiwan will not recognize medical credentials from China or Chinese credentials obtained through distance learning programs, Minister of Education Cheng Jei-cheng (鄭瑞城) said yesterday.
Under the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) plan, the government would not recognize credentials obtained through correspondence teaching, distance learning, home schooling or in-service education; credentials obtained during China’s Cultural Revolution; and medical credentials, Cheng told reporters.
REVISIONS
Cheng added that the MOE also planned to only recognize diplomas obtained after the revision of relevant regulations.
However, the ministry has not decided whether it would allow Taiwanese students or Chinese spouses who had obtained their credentials before the amendment to complete a credential screening process or take part in qualification examinations, he said.
A committee composed of 23 to 29 officials from the ministry, the Mainland Affairs Council and the National Security Council, representatives from universities in Taiwan and academics will take charge of the screening, Cheng said.
SCREENING
During the screening, credential holders will be required to present their graduation certificates or diplomas, he said.
The recognition of credentials from China has been the subject of debate in the legislature.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators have expressed concern about its impact on Taiwanese students, schools and the general public.
Although the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) had scheduled a review of the bills on Monday, the meetings at the legislature’s Education and Culture Committee and the Internal Administration Committee were blocked by DPP lawmakers, who locked themselves inside the conference rooms until the meetings were adjourned.
A project report by Cheng earlier on Monday morning stated that 14,907 Taiwanese students had enrolled in universities or graduate schools in China between 1985 and 2007.
EMPLOYMENT
Cheng said in the report that recognizing Chinese credentials would solve the employment problems of these students and Chinese spouses in Taiwan.
DPP Legislator Kuan Bi-ling (管碧玲), however, suggested the ministry launch a special project to deal with Chinese credentials instead of amending the law to grant blanket recognition to Chinese credentials.
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