The K-12 Education Administration (K12EA; ) is the agency of the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

of the

Taiwan (ROC) Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeas ...

responsible for formulating, executing and supervising educational policies and systems for senior high school education and below in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

History

The agency was originally established as the Department of Education on 25 August 1945 in

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. In 1947, it became the subordinate of

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. On 1 August 1956, it was moved to Wufeng Township,

Taichung County Taichung County was a county in central Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Yuanlin Township before 1950 and Fongyuan City after 1950. History Taichung County was established on 26 November 1945 on the territory of Taichū P ...

. In July 1999, it became the subordinate of

. On 1 January 2013, it was renamed as K-12 Education Administration.

Organizational structure

Operational divisions

* Division of Academic and Vocational Senior High Education * Division of Junior High, Elementary School and Preschool Education * Division of Indigenous People and Special Education * Division of Student Affairs and Campus Security

Administrative divisions

* Office of the Secretary * Office of Personnel * Office of Civil Service and Ethics * Office of Accounting

List of Director-Generals (K-12 Education Administration period)

* Wu Ching-shan (January 2013 – July 2015) * Lin Teng-jiao (August 2015 – December 2015) (Acting) * Huang Zi-teng (December 2015 – August 2016) * Qiu Qian-guo (August 2016 – September 2018) * Xu Li-juan (September 2018 – December 2018) (Acting) * Peng Fu-yuan (December 2018 –) (Incumbent)

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.k12ea.gov.tw/En 2013 establishments in Taiwan Educational organizations based in Taiwan Organizations based in Taichung