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Taiwan’s Important Education Indicators 63
Table 1. Schools and Enrolments in 2007
Schools Aggregates Full-time teachers Enrolments
Grand Total 8,202 275,501 5,242,944
Kindergartens 3,283 17,403 191,773
Primary Schools 2,651 101,352 1,753,930
Junior High Schools 740 51,312 953,324
Senior High Schools 320 34,748 414,557
Vocational Schools 156 16,258 339,497
Junior Colleges 15 1,320 133,890
Universities and Senior Colleges 149 49,808 1,192,139
Undergraduates 987,914
Masters’ Courses 172,518
Ph. D. Courses 31,707
Cram schools and schools of special education 888 3,300 263,834
Source: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Education, 2008a, p.80.
Children go to school at the age of six. The number
of years of their school education represents the
level of knowledge of the citizens of a nation. The people
aged 6 and above in Taiwan had an average of 16.06
years of education in 2007–2008, slightly lower than in
Australia and Britain, higher than in the People’s Republic
of China, and on a par with the United States,
France, Germany, South Korea, and Japan.
Table 2. Average Years of Schooling for People Aged 16 and Above
Unit:Year
Countries Years Total Male. Female.
Republic of China 2002/2003 14.56 14.62 14.54
2003/2004 15.03 15.08 15.02
2004/2005 15.42 15.50 15.38
2005/2006 15.64 15.78 15.56
2006/2007 15.70 15.86 15.61
2007/2008 16.06 16.20 15.99
People’s Republic of China 2005 11 11 11
Japan 2005 15 15 15
South Korea 2006 16 17 15
United States 2005 16 15 17
United Kingdom 2005 17 16 17
France 2005 16 16 17
Germany 2001 16 16 16
Australia 2005 20 20 20
Source: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Education, 2008a, p.62.