Taiwan High Schools to Introduce Semiconductor Curriculum... Five Pilot Programs This Year

Claims to Promote Exploration of Subjects Related to Elementary and Middle Schools

Taiwan is pushing to introduce a semiconductor education curriculum in high schools, Taipei Times reported on the 13th.

The Ministry of Education of Taiwan is planning to introduce a semiconductor education curriculum into high school courses. Five pilot programs will be selected this year.

A teacher from the Affiliated High School of National Taiwan Normal University, participating in the project, said that the Ministry of Education invited teachers with experience teaching semiconductor-related courses at the high school level to develop the semiconductor curriculum.

TSMC building logo at Tainan Science Park, Taiwan. [Image source=Reuters Yonhap News]

The teacher said one of the goals of introducing the semiconductor curriculum is to increase high school students' interest in studying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at university.

The curriculum focuses on six areas: electronic science, semiconductor principles, semiconductor manufacturing processes, applications of semiconductors in daily life, integrated circuit design, and social issues related to the semiconductor industry.

The teacher added, "Currently, most semiconductor curricula are developed by university professors, and the content may be too difficult for high school students." Teachers with field experience in the semiconductor sector will help design a curriculum more suitable for high school students.

The semiconductor curriculum will be designed flexibly and can be used as a short-term course lasting 6 to 12 weeks. Teachers may also use the curriculum as supplementary material when teaching general subjects.

Wu Dongxing, president of National Chi Nan University, said that to cultivate talent for the semiconductor industry, interdisciplinary courses promoting related subject exploration should be implemented at the elementary and middle school levels as well.

President Wu added that this will help prepare interdisciplinary STEM subjects such as digital systems and artificial intelligence (AI).

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