Ministry addresses issues with academic portfoliosBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe Ministry of Education is to improve communication with senior-high schools and students in the wake of a backlash over its electronic academic portfolio initiative, Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) said yesterday. With the implementation last year of the 12-Year Basic Education Curriculum Guidelines, the ministry has been promoting the creation of electronic academic portfolios for senior-high school students to use as part of the university application process. The system allows students to upload materials regularly, to prevent them from preparing and submitting everything all at once in the final semester, it said. Students are not required to upload files to the academic portfolios, as they can still upload application materials in PDF format, it said. However, the ministry advises students against doing so, as such material would lack teacher certification, as well as systemization.

Source: Taipei Times October 19, 2020 15:56 UTC