The Taipei City Government yesterday announced a plan to hold a joint recruitment for senior high schools with the Taipei County Government and Keelung City Government, opening 14,000 spots for students who applied for the exam-free admission program.
The joint recruitment program was part of the “one-guideline, single textbook” policy adopted by the three local governments. The policy was proposed by Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) to reduce the burden of students by standardizing textbooks, while attracting more students to attend local schools via the joint recruitment plan.
Director of Taipei City’s Department of Education Kang Tsung-hu (康宗虎) said the students who participated in the joint recruitment program could apply for schools in the three areas.
However, current open admission programs in the three areas will remain in place, as some schools in the three areas still worry about students applying for prestigious schools such as Taipei Jianguo High School and Taipei First Girl’s High School in Taipei City.
With the implementation of the joint recruitment program, there will be four exam-free admission programs available for students who are attending senior high schools, Kang said.
“The three local governments went through a lot of negotiations before deciding on the details of the joint recruitment program. We encourage students to attend high schools that are near home,” he said.
Under the joint program, students will submit their average grades from junior high school. The three local governments will form a joint admission committee to handle the admission.
The Taipei City Teachers Association yesterday, however, slammed the three local governments, saying they had rushed the joint recruitment program, and urged the governments to present a comprehensive plan before implementing the program.
The association said the Taipei City Government had left schoolteachers, parents and students in the dark because it failed to explain the program to them.
“There are already many exam-free programs, and adding one more program will only confuse students and parents even more,” the association said in a written statement.
“Besides, these programs did not ease the burden on students,” the association added.
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