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What happened in Action Week 2008?
The National Teachers’ Association (NTA) estimates that 3,500 people from 25 regions across Taiwan participated in Action Week. In preparation for the week of activities the publicity material was translated into Mandarin. The director of the Ministry of Education and prominent politicians were invited back to school to join over 2,000 students in the World’s Biggest Lesson Representatives of the NTA presented the barriers to universal quality education around the world and emphasised the poor learning conditions in some remote districts of Taiwan. Officials pledged to improve the education environment and guaranteed every child a quality education. Younger pupils learnt about the different learning conditions in other countries and in rural Taiwan while older students researched and analysed the factors that lead to unequal educational opportunities.

What happened in Action Week 2007?


More than 2,000 people from 25 regions took part in the Action Week. Two children represented the campaign when they spoke about what education meant to children in Taiwan and called the public to sign petitions asking the government to deliver on the Education for All goals.

On the Officials Back to School Day government representatives joined hands with children inside the school gates. They signed pledges to promote quality education for all in Taiwan and around the world, to raise the education budget, to improve teachers’ working conditions and pre-school education. Throughout the week’s activities children learnt not only to cherish the education resources in Taiwan, but also to take social responsibility to fight for everyone’s education rights.