SDG 5.6.7 Track women’s graduation rate
The School Affairs Research Center regularly tracks the graduation rate of students. To determine the number of students who may graduate, the School Affairs Research Center refers to the calculation method of the Ministry of Education, Predictive Analysis Report on the Number of College Students and Graduates (106-121 Academic Year). We set the minimum number of years to graduate based on the study status of normal students of different levels; the small number of early graduations is not considered. According to different student levels, the total number of students in each level (including trainees) above the “minimum graduation period” is defined as the ‘number of students likely to graduate’. In a four-year bachelor’s program, for example, since the “minimum graduation period” is level 4, the “number of students who may graduate” is the sum of the number of students above level 4 and the number of postgraduates. We divide the actual number of graduates by the number of possible graduates to obtain the graduation rate of our students. In 2021-2022, the graduation rate of women in the bachelor’s program and PhD program was higher than that of men. Only in the master’s program, the graduation rate of women was lower than that of men, as shown in Table 1:
Table 1: Graduation rate of NCUE female students in 2021-2022
|
School System |
Number of students enrolled (2021-2022) |
Number of graduates (2021-2022) |
Graduation rate |
||||||
|
Number of potential graduates |
Male |
Female |
Total number of students |
Male |
Female |
Overall |
Male |
Female |
|
|
Bachelor’s degree program |
1,347 |
737 |
610 |
1,126 |
578 |
548 |
83.59% |
78.43% |
89.84% |
|
Master’s degree program |
1,026 |
500 |
526 |
474 |
248 |
226 |
46.20% |
49.60% |
42.97% |
|
EMBA degree program |
905 |
362 |
543 |
347 |
169 |
178 |
38.34% |
46.69% |
32.78% |
|
PhD degree program |
273 |
165 |
108 |
69 |
39 |
30 |
25.27% |
23.64% |
27.78% |
|
Whole school |
3,551 |
1,764 |
1,787 |
2,016 |
1,034 |
982 |
56.77% |
58.62% |
54.95% |
Considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many women in the master’s program, master’s in-service special program, and doctoral program are about 30 years old. This is a critical period of life planning. They may be affected by factors such as marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, or raising children under the age of three, which may affect their education and graduation. Article 17 of the school rules stipulates that students may extend their study durations.
After the above reasons are eliminated, the duration of study can be extended for up to two years to reduce the possibility of affecting women’s graduation. Please refer to the following website for the school rules: https://acadaff.ncue.edu.tw/var/file/2/1002/img/805/155382679.pdf.
The parent law of this law is the Gender Equity Education Act, Article 14-1 of the Ministry of Education. For the English version, please refer to:
https://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?PCode=H0080067
Establishment of policy: 2004
Policy review: 2018