In support of the government’s New Southbound policy and to fill the labor gap left by declining birthrate, the Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) has, with reference to domestic vocational high school cooperative education programs, in recent years actively promoted The 3+4 Vocational Education Program for Overseas Compatriot Students and encouraged overseas compatriots students to come to study in Taiwan.
A program encouraging Taiwanese manufacturers to hiring Indonesians directly rather than through brokers has started to deliver results, an Indonesian official said Monday. Speaking at a year-end review of his agency's major initiatives, Tatang B. Razak, head of the National Board for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers (BNP2TKI), was happy to cooperate with Taiwan's Ministry of Labor (MOL) on the program.
A tourism information office will be established in the United Arab Emirates early next year to promote Taiwan tourism to visitors in the region, the Tourism Bureau said Monday.
A large number of universities in Taiwan are successfully participating in a talent development initiative overseen by the Ministry of Education in line with the New Southbound Policy.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the international convention with the most universal value, containing the whole variety of human rights. Since the declaration of the convention on November 20, 1989, the developments of the rights of the child in all aspects have continuously received great attention.
National Taiwan University (NTU) has the most enrolled international students among all universities in Taiwan for the 2019 academic year, according to a report released Friday by the Ministry of Education (MOE). NTU topped the enrollment list of national universities with 2,970 international students, followed by National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) with 1,899, National Chengchi University (1,581), National Taiwan Normal University (1,476) and National Tsing Hua University (1,440).
The number of new students registered at universities and colleges dropped in 2019. That’s according to the latest figures released by the education ministry on Friday. The ministry said that incoming students from Southeast Asian nations could see growth next year as the government continues to push for cultural and economic exchanges with the area under the New Southbound Policy.
A cruise tourism R&D center was launched Dec. 24 in Kaohsiung City, southern Taiwan, as part of public and private sector efforts to grow the country’s footprint in the potential-laden industry.
The works of 22 Taiwanese and international photographers were displayed Thursday at the opening of an outdoor photography exhibition in Taipei that highlights the essence and culture of Hakka villages in northern Taiwan.
In a press release, the agency said that while international students have been able to apply for work permits online since February, the new measure, which takes effect Jan. 1, will give them the choice of using either card-based or electronic permits. Previously, students receive only card-based permits even when they apply for the permits online.
