Stories of Education in Taiwan:
In Taiwan, all levels of schools, from kindergarten to university, are subject to evaluation. For special education, the government conducts an evaluation approximately every three years.
Each evaluation involves several university professors visiting the school to review administrative documents, teaching records, school facilities, observe classroom teaching, and interview teachers. If the evaluation results are unsatisfactory, a second evaluation is required; if still unsatisfactory, counseling is necessary. Therefore, many teachers and administrators experience significant anxiety before evaluations.
Frankly, this is quite stressful, as teachers not only have to teach but also prepare a great deal of files, and the evaluation standards often vary from person to person, leading to unfairness.
In recent years, the union of teachers have repeatedly appealed to the government to reduce the frequency and nature of evaluations, and there have indeed been gradual improvements. Hopefully, the evaluation system can be abolished one day.
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