Description:
1. In accordance with the National Academy for Educational Research's letter No. 1091100679C dated April 30, 2020.
2. The National Languages Development Act stipulates that national languages are to be included in the curriculum. Therefore, the Ministry of Education has subsidized the "Project for the Implementation of the National Languages Development Act - Revision of the General Guidelines, Subject Area Curricula, and Other Types of Curricula and Implementation Regulations." The National Academy for Educational Research has formed a revision team to carry out the revision of the general guidelines for the twelve-year basic education curriculum.
3. The Academy's curriculum revision process involves the confirmation of the draft revision of the general guidelines by the Twelve-Year Basic Education Curriculum Research and Development Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Curriculum Development Committee), followed by review, public hearings, and online forums to further collect relevant revision opinions.
4. Due to the severe COVID-19 pandemic, the public hearing for the draft revision of the general guidelines, which was planned by the National Academy for Educational Research, was intended for an unspecified audience with an estimated attendance of over 100 people. To avoid concerns about cluster infections at the public hearing for the draft revision of the general guidelines, the physical public hearing has been canceled in accordance with the "Guidelines for Public Gatherings" announced by the Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, and has been replaced by an online forum.
5. The online forum for the aforementioned matter will be conducted as follows:
(1) Schedule: From 9:00 AM on May 4, 2020 (Monday) to 5:00 PM on June 4, 2020 (Thursday), for a total of 32 days. The draft revision of the general guidelines (marked version), the comparison table of amendments, a presentation video of the draft revision of the general guidelines, and Q&A will be published online to collect opinions through an online forum.
(2) The aforementioned materials will be posted on the Academy's webpage titled "Online Forum for the Draft Revision of the Curriculum in Response to the National Languages Development Act - First Wave: Draft Revision of the General Guidelines for Twelve-Year Basic Education" (http://12basic-forum.naer.edu.tw). All are welcome to review and provide revision opinions.