TPP proposes panel to oversee extended serviceUSEFUL TRAINING: The aim of the new panel would be to help ensure that recruits receive useful, applicable training that could help in wartime, Vivian Huang saidBy Huang Ching-hsuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) is to propose the establishment of a legislative panel to evaluate the effectiveness of the one-year extended military service once the new legislative session convenes on Thursday next week, TPP legislator-at-large-elect Vivian Huang (黃珊珊) said yesterday. New conscripts began their compulsory service yesterday, making them the first batch to serve after the program was re-extended to one year. New conscripts line up for a physical exam at Chenggong Ling military training camp in Taichung yesterday. The panel would be composed of members from different parties and would report directly to the committee, Huang added. The Ministry of Education proposed the policy to balance education with compulsory military service, asking schools to relax regulations on maximum credits per semester and cross-university elective courses to allow students to finish their bachelor’s degrees and compulsory service in time.

Source: Taipei Times January 25, 2024 21:44 UTC