Teaching load soars with new guidelines: surveyBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterNearly 97 percent of senior and vocational high school teachers said their teaching load increased after the implementation last year of new curriculum guidelines, a survey by the National Senior High School Teachers’ Union showed yesterday. In the survey, 93.9 percent of teachers said they were teaching more than the basic 16 class periods per week that full-time senior and vocational high school teachers should teach. From left, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Wan Mei-ling, National Senior High School Teachers’ Union president Kao Meng-lin and KMT Legislator Lin Yi-hua attend a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei TimesThe survey asked teachers whether the number of subjects or types of classes they taught increased after the implementation of the new curriculum guidelines. The union urged the government to increase the quota for senior and vocational high school teachers and to reduce their teaching hours.

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