Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan (賴幸媛) said yesterday the council would push for an amendment during this legislative session to allow Chinese students to enroll in Taiwanese universities.
Accepting Chinese university students would require changes to the Statute Governing the Relations Between the Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (兩岸人民關係條例).
Approached for comment on her way to a legislative question-and-answer session, Lai said the council would also push for an amendment to Article 22 of the statute to allow the Ministry of Education to draft regulations on recognizing Chinese diplomas. Lai said the ministry was working on the regulations.
Taiwan does not currently recognize Chinese diplomas.
Minister of Education Cheng Jei-cheng (鄭瑞城) was tight-lipped yesterday, saying only that the ministry was still deliberating on the regulations.
Department of Higher Education Director Ho Chou-fei (何卓飛) said the ministry hoped to see an amendment passed by the end of the legislative session.
Ho said the ministry wanted to “gradually” relax the regulations, adding that it would propose measures related to the changes.
The officials’ remarks came after President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said on Monday that students from China could be allowed to enroll at Taiwanese universities next year.
Several academics expressed concern over the proposal.
Former education minister Huang Jong-tsun (黃榮村) said yesterday the government should not allow Chinese students to study in Taiwan simply to help out schools that are having trouble recruiting enough students.
Former Academia Sinica president Lee Yuan-tseh (李遠哲) said the ministry must propose supplementary measures if Chinese students are to be admitted to Taiwanese universities and Chinese diplomas to be recognized.
“There could be chaos if [the ministry] fails to do so,” he said.
National Sun Yat-sen University president Chang Chung-ren (張宗仁) said he was worried that allowing Chinese students to study in Taiwan could lead to fewer employment opportunities for Taiwanese college graduates.
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