Chapter  2 Professional Arts Education Offered at Schools

Article 6
The purpose of the professional arts education offered at schools is to teach art theory and technique, to carry out artistic research and creation, and to cultivate a diverse group of arts professionals.

Article 7
Professional arts education offered at schools shall be provided by schools of the following types and at the following levels:
1. The art departments or graduate institutes of universities, colleges, and junior colleges.
2. Universities, colleges, junior colleges, and senior high schools for arts education and their affiliated junior high school or elementary school divisions.
3. Classes for artistically gifted students at senior high schools, junior high schools, and elementary schools.
As educational needs require, the universities, colleges, junior colleges, and senior high schools for arts education under subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph may implement a single-track educational system after receiving approval from the designated administrative authority for arts education.

Article 8
After applying to and receiving approval from the designated administrative authorities for arts education, schools at the senior high school level or below may set up classes for artistically gifted students to guide them in appropriate development based on their abilities, inclinations, and interests.
The standards for establishment of the classes for artistically gifted students under the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Education.
When necessary, schools may organize a professional qualification review team to evaluate part-time teachers and substitute teachers of the classes for artistically gifted students, and supervise matters relevant to the hourly salary of such teachers.
In case that the classes for artistically gifted students underperform, and there is still no improvement after the deadline set by the designated administrative authorities for arts education, it may be ordered to decrease the number of classes.

Article 9
Extension education in the arts may be offered by schools for arts education at all levels, as well as universities, colleges, and junior colleges with art departments or graduate institutes, and senior high schools, junior high schools, and elementary schools with classes for artistically gifted students; the relevant governing regulations shall be prescribed by the designated educational authorities at the corresponding levels.

Article 10
As educational needs require, practice, performance, and research units or venues may be established at the respective campuses of schools for arts education at all levels, as well as universities, colleges, and junior colleges with art departments or graduate institutes, and senior high schools, junior high schools, and elementary schools with classes for artistically gifted students.
The regulations governing establishment and management of the units and venues of the preceding paragraph shall be formulated by the respective schools and submitted to the designated educational authorities at the corresponding levels for ratification. Schools may apply to their respective designated educational authority for subsidies for the establishment of such units and venues.

Article 11
The qualifications for student enrollment and the required years of study at schools for arts education at various levels, as well as at universities, colleges, and junior colleges with art departments or graduate institutes, and at schools with classes for artistically gifted students shall be as provided in the laws and regulations governing the schools at each respective level. For students with special artistic talent who pass specific screening tests, however, the age of admittance may be lowered, admission qualifications relaxed, or the required years of study reduced.
The regulations governing the age of admittance, relaxation of admission qualifications, and reduction of required years of study for students with special artistic talent, and the standards for their special screening tests, shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Education.

Article 12
Assessments of students enrolling at the affiliated junior high school or elementary school divisions of senior high schools for arts education, or in classes for the artistically gifted at junior high or elementary schools, shall be carried out by the designated education authorities; parental applications and registrations shall not be subject to restriction based on their individual school district.

Article 13
If a student enrolled in a senior high school (or class) for arts education or in specialized arts education at any lower level is unable to continue studies there or has failed to adapt successfully, as determined through meetings by school officials, he or she may be transferred to ordinary classes through guidance by the original school of enrollment or apply for transfer to a different school.

Article 14
Courses offered by schools at all levels that provide professional arts education or classes for artistically gifted students shall place primary emphasis on specialized education. Matters regarding facilities, class sizes, qualifications for hiring of instructors, faculty sizes, and curriculum design shall be determined through joint discussions between experts invited by the school and representatives of parents, in coordination with the needs of each individual art department.

Article 14-1
The designated administrative authorities forarts education at each level shall allocate funds specially designated for the promotion of professional arts education activities to be held by schools at all levels.