Tainan City's Promotion of Marine Education Wins Outstanding Award; Mayor Huang Wei-che Hopes Courses Will Continue to Innovate

The Ministry of Education recently held the 108th Academic Year National Marine Education Achievement Evaluation, and Tainan City won the Outstanding Award among the 22 counties and cities nationwide. Ximen Elementary School and Shuangchun Elementary School participated in the Ministry of Education's "Marine Education Innovative Teaching Quality Team Selection" and respectively won first place in the Outstanding Award and first place in the Merit Award, and presented the awards at the municipal administration meeting yesterday (the 7th). Mayor Huang Wei-che thanked the Education Bureau and the schools for their dedication to promoting marine education, which has received central government recognition, and also expressed hope that future teaching teams can integrate local industry culture and ecological characteristics to develop more distinctive innovative marine education courses.

Tainan City Education Bureau Director Zheng Xin-hui stated that Tainan City has spared no effort in promoting marine education, combining the Marine Education Issue Advisory Group and the Marine Education Resource Center, and has achieved very impressive results in curriculum and teaching material development, teacher professional growth, and activity promotion. Currently, 18 sets of municipal-level marine education teaching materials and picture books have been developed, which are easy to teach and use; at the same time, the "Tainan Coastal Smart King" digital learning platform has been established, using birds, fish, plants and other organisms of the Tainan coastal area as question bank content, making learning enjoyable for students.

In addition to receiving the awards, Mayor Huang Wei-che also presented awards to the Marine Education Resource Center and representatives of the Marine Education Issue Advisory Group, including Principal Xu De-wen of Ouwang Elementary School, Principal Lin Zhi-zheng of Yizai Elementary School, Principal Huang Huai-hui of Xishu Elementary School, and Principal Pan Neng-yao of Zhuqiao Junior High School, thanking them for fully utilizing their integration functions and promoting with dedication, which has brought outstanding results to Tainan City's marine education work.