Education Act for Indigenous Peoples Article 3

In this Act the term “competent education authority” refers to: the Ministry of Education at the central level; the local municipal government at the municipal level; and the local county or city government at the county or city level, respectively.In this Act, the term “competent indigenous peoples’ affairs authority” refers to: the Council of Indigenous Peoples of the Executive Yuan at the central level the local municipal government at the municipal level; and the local county or city government at the county or city level, respectively.General education for indigenous peoples shall be planned and handled by the competent education authority. Ethnic education for indigenous peoples shall be planned and handled by the competent indigenous peoples’ affairs authority in conjunction with the competent education authority.The central competent education authority shall designate a unit to be specifically responsible for indigenous peoples’ general education. Each municipal, county or city competent education authority shall designate a unit or person to be specifically responsible for indigenous peoples’ general education.The criteria to be met to be designated as one of the specifically responsible units or persons referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed in the enforcement rules of this Act.