The Ministry of Education held a meeting today and added 2 more private high schools to the list of possible exits. Gaoshi Private Xinguang High School and Miaoli County Private Xiande Industrial and Commercial Counseling School have a 2-year improvement period.

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[Reporter Lin Xiaoyun/Taipei Report] The storm of declining birth rate is fierce. The first session of the Ministry of Education’s first private senior high school and above review meeting held its 7th meeting today, and the private Xinguang High School in Kaohsiung City and the private Xiande Business and Industry in Miaoli County were added as special counseling schools , giving a 2-year improvement period on the grounds that the school's financial situation has seriously deteriorated.

The Ministry of Education held a meeting this afternoon (17th), presided over by the convener, Liu Mengqi, the Deputy Minister of Education of the Ministry of Education. A total of 20 members attended the meeting, and all 29 members should attend, including 2 full-time teaching staff and student representatives of the deliberated schools newly hired by the Ministry of Education. The number of members present has reached 2/3 of the total number of members.

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The Ministry of Education stated that Xinguang School Foundation, Kaohsiung City Xinguang Senior High School, was included in the special counseling school after the implementation of the Private School Exit Regulations. With the consent of more than 1/2 of the attending members, "the financial situation has deteriorated significantly, and the debts have been insolvency. Facts or seriously affect the normal operation of school affairs", the review committee approved the identification as a special counseling school, and gave the improvement period of 2 years.

According to the Ministry of Education, the private Xiande Senior Industrial and Commercial Vocational School in Miaoli County is also a school that has been included in the special counseling after the implementation of the Private School Exit Regulations. With the approval of more than 1/2 of the attending members, "the financial situation has deteriorated significantly, and the debts have been unable to pay off. The facts may seriously affect the normal operation of school affairs", the review meeting approved the school as a special counseling school, and also gave the improvement period of 2 years.

In addition, Zhongzhou University of Science and Technology and Taiwan Capital University, which have completely suspended enrollment since the 111 academic year, approved the addition of public welfare directors at today's meeting, and will subsequently remove all directors from the original board of directors.

The Ministry of Education stated that Zhongzhou University of Science and Technology and Taishou University are special counseling schools. The school voluntarily applied to stop all enrollment. The Ministry of Education approved on October 31 this year to stop all enrollment from the 111 school year, and it will be closed at the end of the 111 school year. It will be considered at the meeting today. For public welfare directors who agree to be appointed, the Ministry of Education will remove all directors of the legal person in the future.

The Ministry of Education will announce the list of special counseling schools in the "Private Senior High School Project Guidance School Announcement Area", and will continue to submit to the exit review meeting for consideration and assign at least 3 full-time teaching staff, students, scholars and experts from the school as legal person directors of the school. And one more scholar and expert will be assigned as a supervisor to strengthen the governance of the special counseling school.