Taoyuan leads on education, survey showsFALLING BEHIND: Huang Kun-huei said that Taiwan’s education system has focused too heavily on testing, and was not evolving with technology and a changing economyBy Rachel Lin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaoyuan leads in public approval of its education policies and its emphasis on education, while Taipei and Kaohsiung came in last respectively, a survey released yesterday by the Professor Huang Kun-Huei Education Foundation showed. Professor Huang Kun-Huei Education Foundation chairman Huang Kun-huei speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. The foundation released public approval ratings of education policies in cities and counties nationwide. Regarding approval of a city or county’s education policies and their effectiveness, the survey ranked Taoyuan the highest of the six special municipalities, followed by New Taipei City, Tainan, Taichung, Kaohsiung and Taipei. Outside of the special municipalities, Taitung, Pingtung and Hualien counties received the highest ratings, and Miaoli, Hsinchu and Yunlin counties received the lowest, it said.

Source: Taipei Times June 13, 2020 15:56 UTC