Students struggle with portfolios needed for HE – Survey

Student learning portfolios can help universities make admissions decisions, but up to 5% of high school students said they could not get help from teachers as they prepared them, academics said on Tuesday 24 September at a news conference arranged by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, write Rachel Lin and Esme Yeh for the Taipei Times.

The ministry’s curriculum guidelines released in 2019 for 12-year basic education require students to compile a portfolio of their learning outcomes over the three years of high school. Since 2022, university applicants have been required to submit their portfolios.

However, some students told education rights group EdYouth that their teachers refused to assist them with their learning portfolios, causing concern among parents over children’s rights to apply to universities, two professors said.
Full report on the Taipei Times site