High schools subsidized NT$151m for bilingual education in 2025By Rachel Lin and Sam Garcia / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Ministry of Education distributed a total of NT$151 million (US$4.73 million) to 271 high schools nationwide last year to support bilingual education. The subsidy program is a part of the national Bilingual 2030 policy, which seeks to integrate English into Taiwan’s education system, public administration and daily life. For example, Taichung Municipal Wen-Hua Senior High School held an English presentation competition about sustainable development goals, guiding students to research, organize ideas and present in English, Yeh said. In addition, National Hsinchu Commercial Vocational High School offers workplace English courses that help students gain the English skills necessary for their future careers, the ministry said. Yeh said that the ministry is to collect schools’ experiences to improve policies aimed at expanding bilingual learning in high schools, making English an important tool for students to understand the world and express themselves.

Source: Taipei Times March 09, 2026 11:31 UTC