"The city is a little shorter than Taipei/the sky is much higher than Taipei/the lights are a little brighter than Taipei/the stars are much brighter than Taipei …" This is Taitung in the eyes of the poet Yu Guangzhong. Good mountains and water but no good resources make the education in Taitung County difficult.
The high school work in Taitung has its own characteristics and clear positioning. Traditionally, Taitung High School and Taitung Girls' Middle School, the first choice, mainly recruit students with academic tendencies and receive PR 32 from 99 students. Taitung students almost missed high school and will definitely fill it out. Other students who choose vocational schools can also choose to fill in according to their own interests, such as business courses in Taitung High School, interior design in Gongdong High School, refrigeration and air conditioning in Guanshan Industry and Commerce, etc. , are the first choice for vocational schools. In recent years, the courses of catering, gourmet tourism and sightseeing have also promoted the successful construction of internship hotels. Although the school has gradually developed its own characteristics, the declining birthrate and the emigration of the population "are under great pressure not to recruit students", said Cai Liling, director of education at Gongdong High School.
Taitung is one of the few counties and cities that have announced that they can achieve complete exemption from examinations. However, the uneven distribution of high-quality schools and difficult transportation make it popular for Taitung students to "study abroad" in other counties and cities. Last year, there were 2,800 junior high school graduates in Taitung, nearly 800 of whom went abroad to study, with a turnover rate of 30%. For example, from Taimali, Dawu in the south, or Changbin in the north, to study in the center of Taitung, you have to endure at least 40 minutes by car, and you have to wait 30 minutes to miss a bus. Therefore, many towns and villages in the south cross-regional to study in northeast Pingping; Students in the north are close to Hualien. In addition, a group of top students were admitted to Jianzhong and Yi Bei, and went to other counties and cities to seek better educational resources.
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