[NEWS]An Expert Consultation Meeting was Held by the Extension Education Center, to Evaluate the Feasibility of Establishing a Community Learning Center

The Extension Education Center(推廣教育中心), under commission from the Education Bureau of HsinChu County Government(新竹縣教育局), conducted a learning needs survey for the Xinfeng(新豐) and Hukou(湖口) areas to evaluate the feasibility of establishing the "FongHu Community College(豐湖社區大學)." On the morning of March 27, an expert consultation meeting was held at the Harvard Auditorium on campus. Representatives from the Education Bureau's Lifelong Education Division(終身教育科), Xinfeng, and Hukou attended the meeting, along with Vice President Peng Cheng-Hsiung(彭政雄), Chief Chen Yung-Chung(陳永忠) of the Office of Lifelong Education(終身教育處), and local stakeholders who are concerned about the development of lifelong learning. They had face-to-face discussions to address various issues related to lifelong learning.
Vice President Peng said that the Extension Education Center is conducting a learning needs survey for Xinfeng and Hukou as part of the commission from the Education Bureau to evaluate the establishment of "FongHu Community College." This project responds to the county's development blueprint and the Education Bureau's policy framework, and takes Hakka culture and environmental sustainability as its core values to create better lifelong learning paths for the community. The project aims to create local characteristics and connections with lifelong learning through expert consultations, promotion briefings and workshops, and lifelong learning organizations visits.
Attendance official from the Lifelong Education Division said, during the expert consultation meeting, every county friend hoped to have a community learning center with localization and uniqueness for Xinfeng and Hukou areas while talking with expert scholars.
In the expert meeting, everyone enthusiastically discussed the community learning resources in Xinfeng and Hukou. The establishment of a community learning center is of great help to the villagers of Xinfeng and Hukou and new immigrants in terms of learning. It can be expanded on the basis of the current lifelong learning institutions to better meet the needs of community residents.
Since 2011, the HsinChu County government has actively promoted policies related to lifelong learning, leading the country to launch the "Hsinchu County Lifelong Learning White Paper(新竹縣終身學習白皮書)" and successively establish community learning centers and organize various lifelong learning activities, encouraging relevant units and county residents to participate, and providing diversified learning opportunities for county residents in the community. The expert consultation meeting also sensed the learning needs and vitality of community residents and welcomed county friends who are interested in investing in lifelong learning to join. For more lifelong learning activities, please visit the "FongHu Good Learning(豐湖好好學)" facebook fan page. (Data provided by the Extension Education Center)