page_title: Education in Taiwan
section_title: Higher education
hierarchical_section_title: Education in Taiwan / Higher education
caption_attribution_description: 中文（台灣）‎: 台灣大學行政大樓（市定古蹟）Bân-lâm-gú: Tâi-uân Tāi-ha̍k hîng-tsìng tuā-lâu (tshī-tīng kóo-tsik).
context_page_description: The educational system in Taiwan is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education. The system produces pupils with some of the highest test scores in the world, especially in mathematics and science. Former president Ma announced in January 2011 that the government would begin the phased implementation of a twelve-year compulsory education program by 2014.
  In 2015, Taiwanese students achieved one of the world's best results in mathematics, science and literacy, as tested by the Programme for International Student Assessment, a worldwide evaluation of 15-year-old school pupils' scholastic performance. Taiwan is one of the top-performing OECD countries in reading literacy, mathematics and sciences with the average student scoring 523.7, compared with the OECD average of 493, placing it seventh in the world and has one of the world's most highly educated labor forces among OECD countries. Although current law mandates only nine years of schooling, 95 percent junior high school students go on to a senior vocational high school, trade school, junior college, or university.
caption: National Taiwan University.
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