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                                  EXHIBIT 31.1
                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                PURSUANT TO RULE 15d-14(a) (17 CFR 240.15D-14(a))

          (AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002)

I, KUO-AN WANG, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive
officer) of Kid Castle Educational Corporation (the "Registrant"), certifies
that:

1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Kid Castle
Educational Corporation.

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The Registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and have:

a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within
those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;

b)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c)    Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant's
most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case
of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial
reporting; and

5.    The Registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant's
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the Registrant's ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and

b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's internal control over
financial reporting.


                                           /s/ Kuo-an Wang
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                                    Name:  Kuo-An Wang
                                    Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
                                    Date:  May 14, 2004


Exhibit 31.1-1