The Website of The Technological and Vocational Education

During the last few years, technological and vocational education in Taiwan has been substantially developed. To further promote the quality of this education, it is essential to establish the link between technological and vocational institutions in Taiwan and those in developed countries. The purpose of this website for Technological and Vocational Education is to increase the opportunities for international cooperation and, furthermore, to promote exchange agreements. This site contains information about programs, grants, and events related to universities of technology, colleges/junior colleges of technology, vocational high schools, school-to-work program, extension program and skill testing.

The technological and vocational education (TVE) system covers a wide range of disciplines as described in the following:
The system spans from technical and handicraft courses in junior high schools, vocational schools and junior colleges to technological institutes and science and technology-oriented universities. Over 1.3 million students and 300,000 teachers are included under the system.
The subjects and disciplines taught under the system include agriculture, industry, commerce, fishery, marine technology, medicine and nursing, home economics, hotel management and tourism, and language; which covers the fields of science and technology, training, employment and business. Within such a complex system, the propagation of related information through conventional means and technology can no longer meet our needs. Thanks to the National Information Infrastructure (NII) project, construction of a high-speed network is already under way to put TVE related information online.
So far, most technological and vocational schools have established their own web sites. However, there is as yet no integration among these sites. Most schools spend considerable time to complete the structural analysis and specifications of their web site system, but the design rarely meets the public's needs. Technical and vocational schools at all levels need help to establish and maintain their web sites.
TVE plays an important role of promoting lifetime learning. To satisfy public demand for TVE, there is an urgent need to quickly pass information of learning opportunities related to TVE to the general public via the Internet.
Technologies of web site development and construction have been around for several years. However, presenting a web site system to TVE institutions with a detailed and carefully planned infrastructure from construction to maintenance has never been done before. The "TVE information web specifications" mark the first step of the construction of TVE web sites. A long road and unlimited room for development is ahead of us, especially in the areas of maintenance management and design of web sites.

Future directions for the TVE information web. The TVE information web will be promoted in the following ways:

• Web site contests for technological and vocational schools belonging to the TVE information web.
• Regular updates of TVE department web sites. Regional links from the main TVE department web site to strengthen system security and relieve jamming problems.
• Internet information feedback for better TVE information.
• Expert advice on TVE web site updates and maintenance.

Goals : We hope that the TVE information web will play the following roles in the future

• Give the public access to all learning opportunities and valuable resources of TVE institutions in order to establish a lifetime learning environment and achieve the vision of a learning society.
• Serve as the most efficient and convenient tool for potential students and their parents to learn more about schools or make decisions on enrollment applications.
• Serve as a channel between industry and TVE schools for the establishment of partnership and collaboration projects. Serve as a faster and more direct medium for academic research and knowledge exchange.
• Serve as the effective medium for the general public to learn about TVE, monitor TVE and help improve the quality of TVE.

We have confidence that the transparent and efficient propagation approach of the TVE information web will transform TVE schools into highly interactive lifetime learning institutions.

Construction of TVE information web
Sharing valuable resources of TVE