National Sun Yat-sen University, located in Kaohsiung city, has become the base for cultivating bilingual education teachers.

The National Federation of Teachers Unions is urging the government to scrap what it's describing as its "misguided" policy to turn Taiwan into a "bilingual nation" by the year 2030.

President Tsai Ing-wen is voicing her hope that English proficiency here in Taiwan can improve over the next decade.

The Financial Supervisory Commission says eighteen local banks are now offering bilingual services at their branches.

Teachers from 330 schools across the island have received 5 days of all-English training in preparation for bilingual education

According to a survey by an online educational website Parenting, 60% of Taiwan's public elementary and junior high schools now offer bilingual courses. In Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung city, that rate is 100%.

Although the goals of the policy are laudable, success will depend on overcoming local opposition, revising educational policies and providing sufficient support

By Paul Shelton

Ministry of Education (MOE) Minister Cheng Ying-Yao (鄭英耀) says there'll be some adjustments to the bilingual policy.

The 2030 bilingual learning blueprint is becoming clearer, as Taiwan's next generation takes on "an entirely new experience"

By Joanna Lee

More high schools will get funds from the Ministry of Education for enhancing bilingual education

The Ministry of Education (MOE) says it will be increasing subsidies for English-language classes islandwide

The cabinet approved a draft bill on Thursday to establish a national development centre for Taiwan's 2030 bilingual goals

The Taiwan National Development Council's (NDC's) Bilingual 2030 strategy paper has plentiful targets and plans for how to meet them. But it's missed out whole swathes of the population and is much too reliant on a diminishing resource - young people.

By Lee Faulkner