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Taiwan’s Important Education Indicators 77
These students were from 116 countries. (See Table
21.) Some 70.32 percent came from Asian countries.
Taiwan University had the largest international student
group (436), followed by Ming Chuan University (426),
Cheng Kung University (414), Chengchi University
(405), and Taiwan Normal University (207).
Table 21.
Foreign Students in Taiwan by Countries
Countries
Year
2007 2006
Growth Rate
Number of Student %
Vietnam 806 434 372 86
Malaysia 700 538 162 30
Indonesia 425 276 149 54
Japan 409 381 29 7
United States of America 348 350 -2 -1
South Korea 342 336 6 2
India 265 162 103 64
Thailand 194 131 63 48
Mongo 131 83 48 58
Philippines 126 76 50 66
Canada 122 94 28 30
Russia 92 68 24 35
Gambia 81 43 38 88
Honduras 61 43 18 42
Paraguay 60 46 14 30
Source: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Education, 2008b, p.48.
Under a new international student exchange program,
Taiwan will sent 10,000 students abroad and invite
20,000 foreign students in the four years ending
2012.
Recapitulation
The findings are summarized as follows:
1. Development of Education
a. The number of schools in Taiwan increased more
than 4.5 times between 1950 and 2007. The number
of teachers rose from 29,020 to 275,501, with the
number of students per teacher decreasing to 19.03
from 36.35. The total number of students increased
from 1,054,927 to 5,242,944, rising from 139.64 to
228.37 per thousand in proportion to the total population.
In 2007, altogether 51.64 percent of the students
were enrolled in primary and junior high
schools, 14.38 percent in senior and vocational high
schools, and 25.29 percent in colleges and universities.
The remaining 8.69 percent received other types
of schooling. The development of education is fast
and extensive.
b. The average years of schooling for children aged 6
and above were 16.06, only slightly lower than those
found in Australia, close to those in the United States,
France, Germany, South Korea, and Japan, but higher
than those in China.