School enrollment to sink over next 16 yearsBy Rachel Lin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerEnrollment at Taiwanese schools is to decline sharply over the next 16 years, a Ministry of Education report released yesterday said. Enrollment at elementary schools is to decline by 16,000 students per year, falling to fewer than 1 million by 2029 and to 923,000 by 2036, it said. These policies have since maintained enrollment at elementary schools at more than 20,000 students, it added. Over the next 16 years, enrollment at junior-high schools is forecast to decline by 8,200 students, or 1.5 percent per year, it said. The figure includes an annual loss of 2,100 first-year students and 3,400 graduating students, it said.

Source: Taipei Times August 26, 2021 15:56 UTC