The document argues that the Taiwanese government should prohibit children from attending cram schools before junior high for three main reasons:
1) Cram schools have negative effects on children's learning experiences and harm their physical and mental health by overworking their tired bodies and minds.
2) Attending cram schools leads to uncontrolled social manners and bad character development in children.
3) Almost all children attending cram schools has created an uncontrollable mainstream culture and unfair social competition that the situation has spun out of control and needs more active policy intervention.
10. Child Welfare League Foundation’s
report in 2009
>70% 3rd and 4th grade
students
goes to cram school
Insufficient confidence to the
regular school education
11. Child Welfare League Foundation’s
report in 2009
Does going to cram schools really help for
children’s learning?
>70% children
goes to cram school
12. Master thesis of Effects of pre-junior high English
learning experience study in 2006:
Cram school’s
learning
?
Later regular school
achievement
13. “ The length of pre-junior English
learning affected students’ English
achievement only the first semester, but
not the rest of the semesters.”
Cram school’s
learning
?
Later regular school
achievement
14. Master thesis study of cram schools:
Cram schools
Regular schools
Learning schedule
21. According to
Child Welfare League Foundation’s report in 2009
• 74% elementary school students (3 & 4 grade) go to cram school on weekdays
• Over 10% children stay in cram school until 9
PM
• Many children think they don’t have enough time
22. Cram School Homework Sleep
16:00 20:00 23:30 6:30
Only sleep 6-7 hours
Have no time to do exercises
and play.
Health Problems
26. Why government should prohibit?
Going to the cram school is the mainstream in our culture
27. Situation is out of control!
17400!!
Number of
cram school
4300
1995 2008
28. Unchangeable mainstream culture
• 9 years compulsory education
• Multi-channel for enrolling high school
• Almost 100% high school admission rate
Unfair social competition
More active policy
29. Going to cram school
• Give children a bad learning experience and effect
• Harm children’s health and character development
• The situation is out of control