NT$440m kindergarten subsidies improve facilitiesBy Hollie Younger / Staff writer, with CNAThe Ministry of Education today unveiled the results of a NT$440 million (US$13.77 million) subsidy program launched last year for local governments to improve teaching environments and facilities in public kindergartens. The ministry’s K-12 Education Administration cited the public kindergarten attached to Yongzhen Elementary School (永貞國小) in Miaoli County as an example in a news release today. The kindergarten attached to Dashe Elementary School is pictured in an undated photograph. Photo courtesy of the K-12 Education AdministrationAt the kindergarten attached to Dashe Elementary School (大社國小) in Tainan, the subsidy helped to renovate outdated facilities and repair the indoor activity space, it said. A further government plan to promote reading in kindergartens between last year and next year allocated an additional NT$170 million (US$5.32 million) for municipal and county governments.

Source: Taipei Times March 13, 2026 05:27 UTC