Taoyuan City invested 13 billion yuan to build 11 new schools and promote campus hardware upgrades

There are a total of 258 municipal primary and secondary schools in Taoyuan City with 220,000 students. In response to the rapid increase in population in emerging redistricting areas, the city government has invested 13 billion yuan in 112 years to launch 11 new schools in order to ensure that students have the right to attend school nearby. Set up school construction and renovation projects, and at the same time actively promote the upgrade of campus hardware, and successively subsidize the renewal of old school buildings, build additional classrooms, renovate old toilets, and replace old desks and chairs, etc., to create a high-quality campus environment where students can learn with peace of mind and grow happily.

Education Director Liu Zhongcheng said after a special report on "New School Buildings and Friendly Learning Environment" at the municipal meeting today (30th) that the city government has continued to expand investment in education construction in recent years, investing 13 billion yuan to build 11 new school buildings, including Xingnan (Huanbei) Junior High School Eight schools including Longxing (Longgang) Elementary School, Wenqing Elementary School, Qingyuan Elementary School (Phase II), Rende Elementary School, Hangke Elementary School, Guoling Elementary School, and Pingzhen Elementary School have invested 9.3 billion yuan; and three schools, Futai Elementary School, Qingyuan Elementary School, and Longke Elementary School, will invest 3.7 billion yuan.

In addition, nearly 4.171 billion yuan has been invested in the renovation of old school buildings in 10 schools and the construction of 113 additional classrooms in 5 schools. Among them, 30 classrooms at Qingpu Elementary School and 21 classrooms at Caolao Elementary School have been completed. The remaining projects continue to advance to further expand campus space and education capacity. Liu Zhongcheng mentioned that in addition to enriching school building space, the city government has also continued to improve campus facilities. In the past three years, it has invested 832.61 million yuan in subsidizing 221 schools to improve 983 old toilets, and will invest another 230 million yuan in continuous improvement; another 150 million yuan has been invested in subsidizing 243 schools to replace 104,792 sets of desks and chairs that are more than 8 years old, comprehensively improving the quality of campus hardware and learning environment.