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2008.0819
Macau Students Want to Be Certified, Too
<p><font face="Arial">By Vickie Lo<br />
Assistant Coordinator</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">National Taiwan Normal University’s (NTNU) Office of Teacher Education and Career Service (OTECS) responded friendly toward Macau’s University Entrance Committee for Macau Students to Study in Taiwan (UNCMSST) as the committee requested for chances for Macau students to become certified teachers during a meeting with NTNU officials on the main campus today.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">"Macau government would recognize teachers who were certified in Taiwan. And, a certification by NTNU means the top of their kind,” said Cheong Pek-lon (張碧蓮), a staff member of UNCMSST and a Class 1965 graduate from NTNU’s Department of Chinese.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Most of UNCMSST members are NTNU graduates. The committee was established in 1994 to help Macau students, who would be interested and planning to finish their college education in Taiwan. With the committee’s assistance and Macau government’s funds, more than 2,000 Macau students would enroll Taiwan’s universities every fall and the amount is still increasing.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">UNCMSST Chairman Leong Kam-chun (粱金泉) said that “going to colleges in Taiwan” is a popular career plans for many Macau high school students nowadays because Taiwan’s college education quality is recognized.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">"In addition, Taiwan’s tuition fees for college education are reasonable for most Macau parents,” Leong said.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">UNCMSST members requested for chances for Macau students to take professional education program at NTNU so these students would become certified teachers after they graduate. With NTNU’s certification, these Macau students would immediately ensured teaching positions at Macau’s high schools.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">In response, OTECS decided to discuss this issue during a meeting in the end of September.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">"We will be more than happy to have students from around the world to take the professional education program and become certified teachers,” said Horng Ren-jin (洪仁進), director for OTECS’ Teacher Education Program Division. “It is likely that the Ministry of Education will come up with a national rule for the issue, if NTNU comes up with a decision first. We will fix this problem anyway.”</font></p>
