Students paint on the walls of the Ministry of Education
By Jocylin FC
Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2015-07-18 02:41 PM
Students paint the walls of the MOE
Central News Agency (2015-07-18 03:03:16)
A group of students who are part of Junior School Alliance for Education went to the Ministry of Education around 9pm on July 17 and painted, “ Anti-brainwash, Anti- black box, Stupid Government”, on the pillars of the front courtyard and the walls.
“We want objective history! We reject a brainwashed education that is full of flaws! We demand the Ministry of Education to retrieve the altered curricula!” yelled the students who climbed over the exterior walls of the Ministry of Education and painted their statements on the pillars and walls in the front courtyard. The students were arrested within 4 minutes. Other 6 students who remained outside of the walls proclaimed their statement and protested intensely.
Tsai Hsi-chih, the spokesman for the student alliance, said the altered curricula will directly affect high school students who will be attending 10th grade this year. He is also one of them.
“We should be elated in the anticipation for high school life yet we are now forced to accept biased and false historical education. We use such severe demonstration as we are unwilling to succumb to a brainwashed education. If the government insists on pushing the black-box curriculum, the students will use even more intense rally in a larger scale,” said Tsai.
“Wu Se-hwa, the Minister of Education cancelled seminars because he is afraid to face the students. He cannot persuade us and we do not trust him anymore. He is not suitable for his position,” Tsai added.
Around 300 students will “occupy” the Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education said they will restart the campus seminars. They will hold seminars in the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, National HsinChu Senior High School, National Changhua Senior High School, and Tainan First High School on July 23 from 6:30pm to 8pm. Wu is currently in France until July 22.
History Teachers Alliance calls for Wu to attend a seminar and answer the student’s questions personally.
