Taoyuan Mayor Zhang Shanzheng said that the policy of free tuition for 5-year-old children includes a subsidy of 4,500 yuan for the first semester before February 13.

(Photo by reporter Xie Wuxiong)

[Reporter Xie Wuxiong/Taoyuan Report] Before the election, Taoyuan Mayor Zhang Shanzheng proposed a tuition-free policy for 5-year-old children. In an interview today, he said that the policy is basically a stipend, 4,500 yuan for a semester and 9,000 yuan a year. For all parents who are willing to send their children to kindergarten classes, the subsidy of 4,500 yuan for the first semester will be transferred to the account on February 13.

Zhang Shanzheng said that the goal of the current plan is to transfer the 4,500 yuan first-semester bursary to the parents' accounts before the school starts on February 13, and is now actively coordinating with these kindergartens to obtain the common needs of parents.