General Information

The Military Education Office was set up in 1968, responsible for overseeing school military and nursing education. At present, 70 private and public senior high schools and vocational schools and 2 colleges in Taipei City have instituted full-time military instructors, responsible for teaching general national defense knowledge. Besides educating students on military competency and developing physical fitness, military instructors also undertake student s’ counseling, prevent drug abuse and reduce the number of campus accidents. The aim is to ensure sound academic and moral development. Upon promulgation of the National Defense Education Act on February 2, 2006, school education has become a critical part of national defense education. The purpose is to enhance citizens’ national defense knowledge and awareness at the base level to solidify our national defense power.

Important Measures

1. Referral of qualified instructors
   Conduct a selection of qualified military instructors who are degreed qualified or above or graduates of the Military Command and Staff College of the National Defense University for referral to schools. At present, there are 551 referrals of military and nursing instructors that joined schools. The Department also formulates staff training programs and runs the various continuing education workshops. Instructors are encouraged to pursue continuing education, publish academic papers and serve their positions with professional competency.
   
   
2. Refine general national defense education
   In line with the Ministry of Education’s general national defense curriculum, qualified military instructors were selected to form the research and publication group to set up a knowledge resource center. Through training, activities and workshops, we work to achieve the objectives of national defense and general national safety education. Conduct evaluations on military and nursing education to enhance teaching quality. Organize shooting competition for students and refine shooting education by integrating it with paintball shooting and survival games. The objective is to cultivate the spirit of teamwork and inspect the results of national defense education.
   
   
3. Student counseling:
   1. Visit renting students: We offer assistance to and visit renting students on a regular basis, host workshops and pay attention to their living environment. Assist students to resolve problems and liaise with local police and fire stations to enhance their rented accommodation.
   2. Promote the concept of accident prevention and reporting of major disasters: Carry out round-the-clock campus patrol to keep on top of any security breaches and reduce student accidents to ensure a safe campus environment.
   3. Strengthen off-campus safety: To maintain off-campus safety and a healthy learning environment, we coordinate with the Juvenile Police Department and Police Stations to form the “Downtown Joint Patrol Squad” to crack down drug abuse by students and urge them not to visit places unfit for sound moral development.
   4. Maintain traffic safety: In light of the fact that traffic accidents each year cause the highest death rate, the Department has taken several measures including enhancing the promotion of “Traffic Safety Education” by cracking down unlicensed motorcyclists and hosting the various traffic safety events to protect student safety.
   5. Guide students to participate in normal leisure activities:
      
      
      1. a. Coach students to attend major festive events.
      2. Organize student safety prevention camps, educating them the basic safety protection skills.
      3. Organize “wild life survival” camps to teach students basic survival skills.
      4. Organize skills competition and promote healthy leisure activities.
      5. Conduct evaluation of sound recreational places for students to make informed choices.
         
         
4. Anti-drug and gang measures
   Continue to carry out the “Chun-Hui” campaign. Keep juveniles away from drugs through anti-drug promotions, drug screening tests and follow-up counseling and rehabilitation. Integrate the municipal government’s resources to prevent gangs from infiltrating into the campus. Maintain the approach of “education is the foundation & counseling is the priority”, the Department actively works towards eliminating the spreading of organized crime through duty segregation, educational promotion, overall inspection, juvenile protection and placement and counseling services for students to grow up in a safe environment.

Future Prospects

1. Encourage military instructors to undertake training to solidify their professional competency. Carry out teaching evaluation to enhance the quality of general national defense education.
   
   
2. Strengthen the promotion and prevention of school accidents and off-campus counseling to ensure students’ safety and sound development.
   
   
3. Exercise an overall anti-drug campaign. Promote healthy recreational activities on weekends to keep juvenile students away from harmful drugs and grow up in a safe environment.
   
   
4. Strictly prevent the infiltrating of gangs into campus to maintain a pure campus environment.
   
   
5. Continue to host various study camps including student safety protection and wildlife survival to teach students basic survival skills. 6. Continue to enhance evaluations on recreational premises to offer students a sound recreational environment.