Senior High School Education Act Article 6

Except specialty-based, schools of all classifications specified in the previous Article may establish groups, departments and programs.Regular senior high school certified to be established by the corresponding competent authorities specified in Subparagraphs of Paragraph 2, Article 4（herein referred to as the corresponding competent authorities）may establish professional groups, departments, and comprehensive Senior high schools programs.Skill-based senior high school shall, in principle, be established in categories; however, a school may be integrated from different categories if necessary. School shall divide into groups according to categories and set up departments under the groups. Once the school is certified by the corresponding competent authority, it may establish regular as well as comprehensive high school programs.School categories stated in the previous Paragraph refer to those categories that address the need of national development and industries growth; its classification of categories shall follow curricular guidelines stipulated by the central competent authority.Study groups stated in Paragraphs 1 to 3 refer to professional departments that are of homogenous nature; classification of programs shall follow curricular guidelines stipulated by the central competent authority.Regulations of the establishment, restructuring, merger and discontinuation of senior high schools and other relevant matters shall be stipulated by the central competent authority.