In addition, NCUE regularly tracks and counts the number of female students who take leave owing to pregnancy. In 2023, 29 female day-time school students took a leave owing to their pregnancy or children (parenting), accounting for 0.85% of the total female students (3,387)as follows, As shown in Table 1.

Table 1: The number of female students who took a leave of absence or withdrew from school due to pregnancy in 2023

NCUE provides active assistance measures for students who suspend their schooling and have not returned to school in the same year of being pregnant or raising children. We take the initiative to remind students of the deadline for resuming school and provide assistance for the renewal of their leave, to prevent students who are pregnant or have children from dropping out because they do not return to school in time. In addition, we use school or social resources to assist pregnant students with childcare needs after childbirth or students raising their children, hoping to assist them in completing their studies.

The number of female students enrolled in batchelor’s programs in the first year programme in 2022 is 556 (A), and that in the second-year bachelor’s programme in 2023 is 563 (B). Compare to the rention rate of female student at 98.1 in 2022, the rate had an increase of 3.2% to 101.3% in 2023. Moreover, the retention rate of female student of the university is 0.8% higher than the overall retention rate (100.5%). (referring to the calculation method of ‘16. Stability rate of school attendance below the bachelor’s degree’ on the information disclosure platform of colleges and universities of the Ministry of Education: (C = B / A)). For related information, please refer to the website of the Registration Section of the Academic Affairs Office: https://acadaff.ncue.edu.tw/p/412-1002-2142.php?Lang=zh-tw