KAOHSIUNG (TVBS News) — A prominent vocational institution in southern Taiwan will halt all student admissions for the coming school year, education officials announced Friday (April 11). The Ministry of Education (MOE, 教育部) confirmed that Kao Ying Industrial Commercial Vocational High School (KYICVS, 高英工商) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan's largest port city, would suspend its enrollment process. The Kaohsiung Secondary Schools Admission Committee (高雄區高級中等學校入學委員會), the regional body overseeing school placements, issued formal documentation indicating the decision follows ministerial guidance delivered on March 27.
Despite the enrollment suspension, officials noted that several prospective students had already chosen the vocational high school during recent application simulations. This situation requires the institution to continue providing administrative support for these applicants, including assistance with modifying district applications, processing submitted materials, and responding to ranking queries from candidates. The school will additionally maintain responsibility for non-examination admission procedures and voluntary selection processes through the transition period.
School administrators had previously been circumspect about the institution's future, only acknowledging they were "considering a transformation" without specifying the complete suspension of admissions. The announcement comes at a striking moment, as the school maintained normal operations by hosting a student skills competition award ceremony on campus the same afternoon. Established over five decades ago in 1969, Kao Ying began with five specialized departments before evolving into a comprehensive secondary institution in 1998. The school had achieved notable recognition in recent years, earning the Ministry of Education's prestigious "Quality Vocational High School" certification in 2013 alongside exemplary administrative evaluation scores. ★