Teaching English to 6 yo or younger kids at kindergartens or buxibans
**Kindergartens **
- Anyone without required credentials cannot teach anything legally in kindergartens.
- Educators should be directly employed by kindergartens they teach at.
- Kindergartens cannot provide work permits for foreigners.
- It is illegal that kindergartens provide full or half day English classes, or teach English as a subject. (Just integrated English curriculum is allowed.)
The Statute for Preschool Educators
http://law.moj.gov.tw/MOBILE/lawEng.aspx?pcode=H0070071
Articles 6-12: credentials to work in kinder
Article 26: Preschools shall not employ preschool educators through dispatch employment. Personnel without educare certificates or credentials shall not be allowed to work as preschool educators. Preschool educators shall be prohibited to offer or lend educare certificates or credentials to others.
Articles 33-39: Punitive Provisions
幼兒園教保服務實施準則
http://law.moj.gov.tw/MOBILE/law.aspx?pcode=h0070047
Article 13
幼兒園實施教保活動課程，應依下列規定為之：
七、不得採全日、半日或分科之外語教學。
Full or half day English classes and teaching English as a subject are prohibited. (Integraded English curriculum seems to be allowed.)
Tainan City Government’s opinion on integrated English teaching
教育局回應議員關切幼兒園試辦英語融入式教學
https://www.tainan.gov.tw/tainan/news.asp?id={8756AF91-F1E7-4B8E-BF54-884B01112983}
短期補習班設立及管理準則(Regulations for the Establishment and Administration of Short term Tutorial Schools)
http://edu.law.moe.gov.tw/LawContent.aspx?id=GL001234
Article 38 prohibits buxibans operate kindergartens.
Unregistered, or de facto kindergartens are illegal.
** Buxibans **
Draft to revise “Supplementary Education Act”.
2013-8-29
該草案修正要點如下：
七、 規範補習班如招收未滿六歲幼兒，應以辦理有助於幼兒身體律動、藝術才能學習為範圍。(修正條文第16條)
Buxibans are allowed to take kids younger than 6 yo kids just for classes of dancing, art, music etc.
This draft didnt pass Legislative Yuan, and was sent back to Executive Yuan. They did public hearing last summer.
研修「補習及進修教育法」公聽會
https://www.edu.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=9E7AC85F1954DDA8&s=8B9F1E0D47689750
研修補習及進修教育法4區公聽會之發言重點紀要
https://www.edu.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=4F8ED5441E33EA7B&s=C613EDD5C9B96A68