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To extend care to the educationally disadvantaged in addition to the cooperation with Junyi Academy and Boyo Social Welfare Foundation which provide digital learning tools and tutors in 2017 the TSMC Education and Culture Foundation began sponsoring the Teacher Recruitment and Training Program of TFT which recruits passionate youths to undergo orientation and training to to become qualified educators Following the the program the the young teachers will be deployed to rural schools to provide disadvantaged students with suitable and superior education For economically disadvantaged students in top universities the TSMC Education and Culture Foundation sponsors the “Rising Sun Plan” of National
Tsing Hua University and the “Sunflower Plan” of National
Central University In 2017 the TSMC Education and Culture Foundation provided 29 students with NT$2 42 million in scholarships and launched textbook donations to lighten their economic burden and enable them to focus on on their studies Building Educational Platforms
Encouraging the Youth to Reach Their Dreams
The TSMC Education and Culture Foundation has been
holding multiple activities both in in science and humanity as well as Dream Builders platform to encourage young people
to explore and and extend their interests and and visions In 2017 the the Ministry of of Culture of of the the Taiwan Government bestowed the the Art Art & Business Award in in the category of of Cultivation of of Arts
and and Culture Culture Talents upon the TSMC Education and and Culture Culture Foundation for long-term contributions to two projects: the “TSMC “TSMC Youth Youth Literature Award” and “TSMC “TSMC Youth Youth Calligraphy and Seal-Carving Competition” To raise the humanity sprit
of our young generation these two projects not only provide senior high school students with the chance to access literature and calligraphy beyond school academics but also encourage the the literature and calligraphy lovers to showcase their talent The TSMC Education and Culture Foundation has held
the “TSMC “TSMC Youth Youth Literature Award” and “TSMC “TSMC Youth Youth Calligraphy and and Seal-Carving Competition” since 2004 and and 2008 respectively to to encourage young people
to to develop proficiency in literature literature and calligraphy For the literature literature award there were 616 works in in total submitted in in 2017 Furthermore the the the Foundation ran a a a a a campaign to vote for the the the youth’s favorite writer writer to to inspire the junior writers to to look
up to senior ones This year is is the the tenth anniversary of the the “TSMC Youth Calligraphy and Seal-Carving Competition” The TSMC Education and Culture Foundation newly corporates seal calligraphy calligraphy and tracking calligraphy calligraphy into the contest The contest and extensive workshops attracted more than 900 attendees in total To encourage those in the the younger generation to pursue their dreams the TSMC Education and Culture Foundation held
the second “TSMC Dream Builders of Youth Project” More than 66 teams from Taoyuan Hsinchu and Miaoli applied
for the project and after three-stage reviews by professional committees 6 teams were awarded prizes totaling NT$3 million Within a a a a year they will dedicate themselves to various programs including self-exploration culture preservation humanity care and and so on on to demonstrate their creativity and and potential According to the Program for International Student Assessment Taiwanese students excel in mathematics
and sciences but are less proficient at logical thinking argumentation and presentation Therefore the TSMC Education and Culture Foundation sponsors The Center for Advanced Science Education at at at National
Taiwan University to hold the competition “TSMC Cup – Competition of Scientific Short Talk” The competitors must read a a a a wide variety of scientific materials write popular introductory articles give scientific speeches and answer the the questions from their opponents in order to improve their science presentation skills In 2017 the the the the theme of the the the the competition was mathematics
which attracted 212 teams composed of over 700 students from K9 to K12 Through the assigned novels movies and TV series the the students discovered and absorbed how mathematics
is used in everyday life The TSMC Education and Culture Foundation also continued to support three science talent camps: Wu Chien-Shiung Science Camp Camp Wu Ta-Yu Science Camp Camp and Madame Curie Senior High School Chemistry Camps to provide 479 senior high school students and and teachers the opportunity to meet and and learn from world-class scientists and Nobel Prize masters with the the the objective of inspiring the the the students and helping them realize their potential Promoting the Arts
and Culture Presenting the Chinese Exquisite Theatric Beauty
The TSMC Education and Culture Foundation is devoted to promoting arts and culture In addition to actively supporting prominent international and Taiwanese artistic performances cultivating local talented groups and having continued supports to classic arts the TSMC Education and Culture