Regarding the controversy over the admissions of some private junior college entrance examinations, the opinions of all parties are opposing.

Minister of Education Pan Wenzhong publicly expressed his disapproval of holding the entrance examination in private yesterday.

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[Reporter Lin Xiaoyun/Taipei Report] In response to the dispute over the admission of some private junior high schools to hold the junior college entrance examination, the opinions of all parties are opposing. The teachers’ associations, the National Education Association and the National Education Industry, demanded that the Ministry of Education and the Legislative Yuan amend the law to prohibit it. The Minister of Education Pan Wenzhong also publicly expressed his disapproval of the junior college entrance examination. , the Private China League called for respect for the freedom of private education, and all parties called for taking to the streets to protest and make a complaint to the Overwatch Council.

Hou Junliang, chairman of the National Federation of Teachers' Unions, said that a small number of private schools insisting on selecting students by examinations, using various methods to screen elementary school students into junior high schools, and undermining the normalization of teaching that is gradually on track, are the initiators of this whole incident. Different from the compulsory education in China, the Private China League completely ignores the impact of private school enrollment on the normal teaching of primary and secondary schools and the adaptive education of students, and even wants to use populism to oppose the progressive revision of the law. , ACFTU suggested that the Minister of Education, Pan Wenzhong, should not just talk but not practice, and asked the Ministry of Education to start amending the law as soon as possible to end the chaotic enrollment of some private schools and bring national education back on track.

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Lin Shuojie, chairman of the National Education Industry Federation, said that private middle schools screen students through various recruitment methods, causing some elementary school students to enter the arms race early and receive various oppressive education. However, the children at the top of the pyramid are also forced to become problem-solving machines for the illusion of "a bright future". We call on the Ministry of Education to regulate the freedom of private schools as soon as possible.

Private schools should not have the right to choose whether to refuse government subsidies or not. Subsidizing and supervising private schools is the obligation and bounden duty of the Ministry of Education. Allowing private schools to open schools freely will lead to education stratification, which will cause children to lack empathy and be unhappy There are more and more teenagers, and the suicide rate is also increasing.

The Private China League calls for a rational view of the particularity of private schools, and requests the Ministry of Education to respect the freedom of private schools. Wang Dajiu, the rotating chairman of the Central District of the Private China League and the principal of Mingdao Middle School in Taichung City, said that students and parents have the right to choose a suitable school environment. The public junior high schools in the school district can almost satisfy 100% of the elementary school graduates in the school district, and private schools provide parents with another choice; Chen Jianyou, the principal of Taibei High School in Taipei City, said that public and private schools have different schooling conditions, and public schools are all funded by the government Burden, private primary and secondary schools are completely self-financed, the government has not given any financial subsidies, they cannot be inspected and requested by the same standard, and more flexibility is given in response. If the private school law is amended directly, all schools and parent groups will be mobilized to the Ministry of Education and The Legislative Yuan protested and made a petition to the Supervisory Yuan.