Elementary school highlights inequality of educational resources in rural communities

Located on the mountain road leading to Pingxi Township in New Taipei City, the two-story building of Yongding Elementary School is home to less than 60 students and faces a serious lack of resources. Inconvenient transport access and limited funds have resulted in a major shortage of teachers so that children who are prepared to study have no one to help them with their schoolwork.
    
Established under guidance from the Institute for Information Industry(資策會), the Digital Research and Education Institute(數位研究教育所) uses the latest live technology to overcome barriers to learning for rural schools and has set up a coalition of small schools that hope to reduce the educational inequality between rural and metropolitan areas. Although educators have gradually entered into rural areas, the fact that there is still a huge gap between urban and rural education and a lack of teachers to accompany children during learning is an important issue deserving of greater government focus. It is clear that there is still a long way to go until the educational standards of rural schools are raised to a satisfactory level.

Elementary school highlights inequality of educational resources in rural communities

URL：https://www.peopo.org/news/324107

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偏鄉教育資源不均 盼小校問題獲重視

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通往新北市平溪鄉的山路上，永定國小是一所資源缺乏的偏鄉小學，在兩層樓建築裡，學童不到60位。在交通不便、經費有限的情況下，導致師資嚴重短缺，讓有心學習的孩童，無法獲得幫助。

由資策會指導的數位研究教育所，利用最新的直播技術，打破偏鄉學校的學習限制，成立小校聯盟，希望拉進與都市的距離。雖然教育者陸續投入偏鄉，但城鄉教育落差與學童缺乏陪伴，是政府必須持續關注的課題。偏鄉學校的教育改善，還有一段長路要走。