The National Tainan Second Senior High School (TNSSH; ) is a senior high school in North District,

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. It was established in May 1914 during the period of Japanese rule. It was the first senior

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in middle and southern Taiwan. The school is one of the most prestigious high schools in the city. As for the recent high school entry exam, which is mandatory for a student in Taiwan for attending high school, a student must have the top 10-11% mark in the test in order to gain admission to the school.

History

1914. Established as 1988. The school commenced its semester with the new professional art class. It was the first professional art class in southern Taiwan. As the school began, one of the traditions of the school was also changed by enrolling the first female students into the new art program. 1994. The new construction of the Science Building was completed, one year later; the astronomical

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was also completed. 1996. In response to teachers and students seeking for more information in education and teaching material, the high school set up the internet connection with the information database in

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. The school was the first one in Taiwan that had an internet connection with a university's academic database. 1998. The new construction of the Art Building was completed. It provided students another place to accomplish their goals within the art fields.

Notable alumni

Academics

Cho-yun Hsu Cho-yun Hsu (born Sep 3, 1930) is a historian born in Xiamen, China, of Wuxi ancestry. His family moved to Taiwan after the Chinese Communist Revolution. He graduated from National Taiwan University ( B.A.) and University of Chicago (Ph.D.) and ...

, historian *

Ong Iok-tek Ông Io̍k-tek (, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese: Ông Io̍k-tek; ; 30 January 1924–9 September 1985) was a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese scholar and early leader of the Taiwan independence movement. He is considered to be an authority on the ...

, scholar and activist

Politicians

Lin Bih-jaw Lin Bih-jaw (; born 20 January 1949) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Secretary-General to the President from May to October 2016. Education Lin obtained his bachelor's degree in diplomacy from National Chengchi University in 1970, m ...

, former Secretary-General to the President *

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, former Secretary-General of the National Security Council *

Lee Ming-liang Lee Ming-liang (; born 26 June 1936) is a Taiwanese geneticist who led the Department of Health from 2000 to 2002. After Lee left office, Taiwan was hit by the 2003 SARS outbreak, and he was named to a committee convened to research the disease. ...

, former Minister of the Department of Health * Wong Chung-chun, Member of the

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* Lee Chun-yee, Member of the Legislative Yuan *

Shih Chih-ming Shih Chih-ming (; born 29 October 1952) is a Taiwanese politician of the Kuomintang party. He served two consecutive terms as mayor of Tainan City, from 1989 to 1997. He contested the 2001 Tainan municipal election as an independent, and was no ...

, 11th and 12th

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Entertainers

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, filmmaker (transferred to

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External links

National Tainan Second Senior High School official website
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