This new method is aimed at giving the best senior high school students in the country an equal opportunity to study at the best universities, and especially those who come from a low-income background, said the MOE.

The MOE is implementing this method on a trial basis with twelve of the best universities in Taiwan. If the method is successful, it will be implemented officially by all universities as early as next year, according to United Evening News.

Each senior high school can recommend a total of 27 students, which would bring the total nationwide number of recommendations to about 5,400.

Of these, a total of 586 will be granted admission by the universities that are testing the new method this year.

Recommendations are to be submitted between Mar. 2 to 7 to the participating universities, who will announce the students that will be granted admission on Mar. 15.

But the launch of this new method is already receiving criticism from educators and students alike.

During yesterday’s introductory conference at the National Taiwan University, a student from Shilin Senior High complained that the number of students to be granted admission is too low, and that it does not accomplish the goal of helping low-income students at all.

Chen Wei-hung, principal of Li-shan Senior High, said the new method does not take into consideration each student’s preference for a particular field of study, emphasizing instead on applying for a university for its prestige.

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