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Officials from the Ministry of Education and the Philippine Commission on Higher Education attend a meeting in Taipei on Monday. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Education
/ Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan and the Philippines are expanding educational cooperation, with the number of students from the Philippines studying in Taiwan growing by nearly 80 percent over the past three years, the Ministry of Education said in a statement yesterday.
The ministry and the Philippine Commission on Higher Education at a Taiwan-Philippines education task force meeting on Monday agreed on several initiatives to bolster bilateral education ties, the ministry said.
The planned measures include establishing a database of Filipino students studying in Taiwan and setting up a regional Mandarin-language training center in the Philippines.
The two sides also agreed to expand dual-degree programs and academic credit recognition under transnational higher education arrangements, while offering more flexible learning programs and lifelong education opportunities for Filipino migrants and overseas workers.
The number of Filipino students in Taiwan was 5,536 last year, up from 3,098 in 2022 — an increase of 2,438, or 78.7 percent, over the three-year period, ministry data showed.
Among them, 3,590 were degree-seeking students, making the Philippines the sixth-largest source of international degree students in Taiwan, behind Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Myanmar, the data showed.
Most Filipino students in Taiwan are enrolled in engineering, manufacturing, information and communications technology, business administration or health-related programs, the ministry said.
As part of its efforts to attract and retain international talent, Taiwan has established Taiwan-Philippines International Industry-Academia Talent Circulation Centers in Manila, Bulacan, Iloilo and Mindanao, offering Mandarin-language courses and promoting enrollment in specialized academic programs.
The ministry said that it would continue working with the Philippines to develop dual-degree programs and short-term faculty training workshops in three priority fields — semiconductors, smart agriculture and fisheries.
Taiwan would continue to encourage outstanding Filipino students to study in the country through scholarship programs, it said.
So far this year, it has allocated 24 Taiwan Scholarship slots and 38 Huayu Enrichment Scholarship slots for students from the Philippines, it added.
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