On Friday (7/28), Taiwan Education Center (TEC) Yogyakarta visited Madrasah Mu’allimin Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, one of the boarding schools located in Yogyakarta. This visit is aimed to promote and inform people about pursuing education in Taiwan.

Madrasah Mu’allimin Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (hereinafter referred to as Mu’allimin) was founded by K.H. Ahmad Dahlan in 1918. In the process of its development, Mu’allimin always made adjustments to its educational program in accordance with the eras. Mu’allimin has 2 programs, namely national program, and international program. This shows that this school is one of the schools that is quite open to internationalisation without reducing the religious values that exist in its vision and mission.

On this occasion, the students at Mu’allimin were enthusiastic during the slide presentation and they paid attention to the presentation. A lot of them threw questions about education in Taiwan and the process of applying for the universities there. They also asked about the scholarship that the government provided for the students.

Furthermore, Bima (manager of TEC Yogyakarta) gave a suggestion and advice for students to get the scholarship and to prepare all the necessary requirements for the upcoming Taiwan’s government scholarship in 2024 and the student exchange program for secondary- school students. Since Taiwan’s government scholarships are only open once every year, Bima suggested the students be more attentive to the requirements and procedures. Not only students, but the teachers were also very enthusiastic to know more about these programs.

Hopefully after this presentation students can obtain useful information regarding Taiwan and its education system. We expect that the students could be more motivated to continue their study overseas, especially in Taiwan.