NCUE regularly counts the number of female students who take maternity leave. In 2024, 29 female day-time school students applied for suspension of schooling due to maternity leave or parental leave, accounting for 0.85% of the total female students (3,394), as shown in Table 1.

Table 1: The number of female students applying for suspension or withdrawal from schooling due to maternity leave or parental leave in 2024

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 bachelor’s programs in the first year program in 2023 is 606 (A), and that in the second-year bachelor’s program in 2024 is 590 (B). The retention rate of female students from the previous year (C) is 97.3%. NCUE's female student retention rate is 3.35% higher than the overall retention rate (93.95%). (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 Office of Academic Affairs: https://acadaff.ncue.edu.tw/p/412-1002-2142.php?Lang=zh-tw