Design students from four universities have launched a petition on Facebook to protest what they say is the exorbitant cost of showcasing their work at an annual exhibition.
The event the students want to participate in is the New Generation Design Exhibition, which has been held every year for more than three decades to display the works of students taking design courses at local colleges.
The petition was launched by students from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, National Cheng Kung University, Shih Chien University and Fu Jen Catholic University, and is aimed at getting people to boycott the exhibition due to the high fees students must pay to display their works.
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology student Liu Yen-chen (劉彥岑) yesterday said that students who want to exhibit their graduation pieces have to pay NT$20,000 to NT$30,000 each.
Public schools can help subsidize the payment, but students at private schools have to find the money on their own. Adding production costs to the fees brings the total cost of exhibiting to between NT$60,000 and NT$70,000, Liu added.
Saying that such a sum can represent a huge financial burden for economically disadvantaged students, Liu called on private schools to provide subsidies for the exhibit and expressed hope that schools would not require students to put their work up for display out of their own pockets.
In response to the concerns, Huang Wen-ling (黃雯玲), head of the Ministry of Education’s Department of Higher Education, said that the Ministry of Economic Affairs was studying the feasibility of offering more preferential prices to students. However, she said officials would not interfere with schools’ requirements for graduation exhibits.
The exhibition is to be held at the Taipei World Trade Center from Friday to Monday next week, bringing together works by 131 design departments across 61 schools.
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