Daojiang Institute of Science and Technology and Management applied to be converted into a long-term care institution after it ceased operation. In December last year, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, it became the first private school to successfully apply to be converted into a long-term care institution after exiting the school.

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[Reporter Zhang Weizhen/Taipei Report] Daojiang College of Science and Technology and Management applied to be converted into a long-term care institution after its closure. In December last year, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, it became the first private school to successfully apply for a long-term care institution after exiting.

The Higher Education Union held a press conference today (17th) to criticize Daojiang's use of "reorganization" to evade school property and return to the public.

The Ministry of Education responded that it has requested the addition of 4 clauses, and the Chiayi County Government will implement the supervision and management of legal persons in accordance with the long-term care service institution legal person regulations.

Chiayi County Daojiang Institute of Science and Technology and Management was established in 1998. Due to factors such as declining birth rate and worsening enrollment, it was ordered to close by the Ministry of Education.

Chen Baiqian, a researcher at the Higher Education Union, pointed out that since 2020, the board of directors and the school have used various methods to maliciously force thousands of students, teachers and staff to leave.

In addition, Daojiang's board of directors even illegally embezzled hundreds of millions of public funds, and its plan to change it to long-term care is empty and unfeasible.

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Chen Baiqian believes that Daojiang will continue to control the huge school property through "reorganization" to avoid returning the school property to public use. He calls on the Ministry of Education to reject Daojiang's application for reorganization and dissolve the school's legal person. Chiayi County Government rejects Daojiang's reorganization into a long-term care institution. Teams with serious violations should be allowed to get involved in the long-term care business.

In this regard, Lai Guanwei, chief of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education, explained that the Daojiang Science and Technology Management College was approved by the Ministry of Education to cease operations in the 110th academic year. According to the law, the Ministry consulted the Chiayi County Government, the competent authority of the proposed legal change.

The Chiayi County Government issued a letter of approval on June 9 last year. The Ministry of Education proposed to consult the private school consultation meeting on July 1 in accordance with the "Private School Law" and put forward relevant suggestions. Daojiang cooperated with the revision of the relevant plan and invited relevant The ministry confirmed the draft donation charter after the reorganization, and the Ministry of Education approved the reorganization of the legal person into a long-term care legal person on December 1 last year.

Lai Guanwei said that considering that the Daojiang Changzhao legal person was reorganized from a school legal person, it has a higher public welfare and public nature than the general long-term care legal person. However, the Ministry of Education also requires the legal person to add 4 regulations after the reorganization. Donate to the charter before agreeing to change it.

The regulations are: "The first board of directors should include at least one person from society recommended by the Ministry of Education", "If the scale is reduced later, the competent authority should write to the Ministry of Education to express its opinion", "According to Article 71 of the Private School Law, change Within 3 years after the establishment, the long-term care institution has not been established and shall be disbanded", "After the dissolution of the legal person, the remaining property shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of the Departure Regulations", etc.

Lai Guanwei explained that after the reorganization of the legal person is approved, the subsequent competent authority is the Chiayi County Government, which should implement the supervision and management of the legal person in accordance with the legal person regulations of long-term care service institutions. The Ministry of Education has inquired about the Chiayi County Government, and the legal person has been approved The reported donation charter is being sent to the court for ruling.

Chiayi Daojiang Institute of Science and Technology and Management has been closed since the 110th academic year, and plans to become a long-term care institution. The Ministry of Education confirmed today (17) that it had agreed to change it into a long-term care legal person in December last year.

(Photo by reporter Zhang Weizhen)