A total of NT$140 million in subsidies has been approved this year for the improvement of dormitories at remote schools, and 23 schools have already received subsidies, the Ministry of Education said Tuesday.
The subsidies have been offered annually since 2019, and are available to remote schools that are “not in mountain areas or in cities,” to fund the construction or repair of teacher and student dormitories, the ministry said in a press release.
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The ministry cited National Guang-Fu Senior Commercial and Industrial Vocational High School in Hualien County, and National Zhuolan Senior High School in Miaoli County as examples of schools where the subsidies have been used.
Dormitories at both schools had old equipment, poor water drainage, leaky roofs, and compromised structural integrity due to corroded steel beams.
The subsidies were used to replace equipment and pipelines, and to reseal the roofs, the ministry said. At the school in Hualien, a shared teacher-student lounge was also added on the first floor of the dormitory building, while at the Miaoli school barriers were added around student beds to improve privacy, it said.
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