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K-12 Education Administration

教育部國民及學前教育署
Agency overview
Formed	25 August 1945 (as Department of Education) 1 January 2013 (as K12EA)
Headquarters	Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan
Agency executives	Peng Fu-yuan, Director-General Xu Li-juan, Dai Shu-fen, Deputy Director-Generals
Parent agency	Ministry of Education
Website	Official website

The K-12 Education Administration (K12EA; traditional Chinese: 教育部國民及學前教育署; simplified Chinese: 教育部国民及学前教育署; pinyin: Jiàoyùbù Guómínjí Xuéqián Jiàoyùshǔ) is the agency of the Ministry of Education of Taiwan responsible for formulating, executing and supervising educational policies and systems for senior high school education and below in Taiwan.

History

The agency was originally established as the Department of Education on 25 August 1945 in Taipei. In 1947, it became the subordinate of Taiwan Provincial Government. On 1 August 1956, it was moved to Wufeng Township, Taichung County. In July 1999, it became the subordinate of Ministry of Education. On 1 January 2013, it was renamed as K-12 Education Administration.^[1]

Organizational structure

Operational divisions

• Division of Academic and Vocational Senior High Education
• Division of Junior High, Elementary School and Preschool Education
• Division of Indigenous People and Special Education
• Division of Student Affairs and Campus Security

Administrative divisions

• Office of the Secretary
• Office of Personnel
• Office of Civil Service and Ethics
• Office of Accounting^[2]

List of Director-Generals (K-12 Education Administration period)

• Wu Ching-shan (January 2013 – July 2015)
• Lin Teng-jiao (August 2015 – December 2015) (Acting)
• Huang Zi-teng (December 2015 – August 2016)
• Qiu Qian-guo (August 2016 – September 2018)
• Xu Li-juan (September 2018 – December 2018) (Acting)
• Peng Fu-yuan (December 2018 –) (Incumbent)