社會教育法

In accordance with the 158th and 163rd Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China, this Act serves to implement a lifetime education for all citizens as its goal.

1The roles of social education are the following:

21)Promoting ethnic spirit and citizens' moral

32)Promoting cultural and psychological development

43)Training citizens' self-autonomy and the wielding of political rights

54)Making prevalent knowledge on technology and national defense

65)Fostering interests in music and the arts

76)Protecting historical relics and cultural artifacts

87)Guiding family and parental education

98)Strengthening Mandrin skills and improving language skills

109)Increasing common sense and implementing skills training

1110)Promoting knowledge of the law and fostering law-abiding habits

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All competent educational authority at all levels shall establish units specializing in social education and personnel specializing in overseeing and guiding social education.

1Special municipality of city government shall establish social education centers to promote social education and assist in the development of local social education efforts.

2Local government of the special municipality, county, or county-level city shall establish cultural centers with the library as the primary location for promoting social education and cultural activities.

1In accordance with the finance and societal needs of governments at various levels, the following social institutes shall be established or approved within authority:

21) Libraries or reading rooms

32) Museums or exhibition rooms

43) Science centers

54) Centers for the arts

65) Music halls

76) Theaters

87) Memorial halls

98) Gymnasiums

109) Entertainment facilities for children and adolescents

1110) The zoo

Social education institutes shall be categorized as national, municipal, county, city, or private depending on whether they are established by the central government, by the government of a special municipality, county, or county-level city, or by a private party.

The establishment, changes, and termination of social education shall be determined by the Ministry of Education. Social education institutes at all levels shall report to the competent education authority at each level and report to the Ministry of Education for recordation.

Private social education institutes shall act in accordance with the said articles for approval, accreditation, and registration as a foundation; establishment, changes, termination, guidance, and special recognition and other matters shall be in accordance with designations set forth by the Ministry of Education.

All schools at all levels shall concurrently establish social education in accordance with designations set forth by the Ministry of Education.

The hiring of social education personnel shall be in accordance with the regulations regarding education personnel.

1Governments at all levels shall raise funds for social education expenditure, and with each expenditure budget, set out a category solely for social education.

2Social education expenditures for far-off and indigent areas shall be subsidized by governments at higher levels.

3Governments at all levels shall use funds raised by society to promote social education in accordance with designations set forth by the Ministry of Education.

The implementation of social education shall cooperate with the development of local communities. Other than the permanent use of venues for teaching, movable and alfresco settings shall be used.　Gatherings, speeches, discussions, exhibitions, competitions, or the use of mass broadcasting media and other effective methods shall be used to promote social education.

The television and other mass broadcasting media shall coordinate with the promotion of social education. The means of the promotion shall be in accordance with designations set forth by the Ministry of Education and the Government Information Office of the Executive Yuan.

The curriculum of social education, except those of common nature, other than the summary set forth by the Ministry of Education, shall be revised in accordance with special needs by the government of a special municipality, county, or county-level city.

1The organization of national social education institutes shall be in accordance with the Act.

2The equipment standard of social education institutes at all levels shall be in accordance with designations set forth by the Ministry of Education.

This Act shall enter into force from the date of promulgation.