111. The MOE currently places students requiring early childhood intervention in ordinary classes with inclusive education. However, after hearing from representatives of private organizations, the NHRC is concerned about the problems that local governments face in promoting and implementing preschool special education. These problems include a shortage of teachers, teachers lacking sufficient special education knowledge and skills, an inadequate number of qualified teachers, and a dearth of professional caregivers in special education classes, which must be addressed immediately. Per a Control Yuan investigation report, 97 the number of qualified special education teachers was unevenly distributed across Taiwan, and the percentages of qualified special education teachers in nearly half of the cities/counties were lower than the national average. Such a problem hinders the promotion of inclusive education. 112. The NHRC has noticed that the percentages of students dropping out of senior high school and of students suspending their studies in college or university were higher among students with disabilities than among nondisabled students. The NHRC speculates that this may be caused by insufficient measures, including insufficient resources, services, administration organizations, teaching and counseling strategies, professional support, and accessibility at the time that the government promoted completely inclusive special education, leading to inclusive education being incorporated only in classes and impeding disabled students from attending school. The MOE has not explored the reasons why the percentage of students dropping out of/suspending their studies is higher among students with disabilities than among nondisabled students and has not proposed contingency plans to solve this problem. Article 25: Health 113. Based on the Control Yuan investigation report98 and discussion comments by 97 98 The Control Yuan investigation report approved on February 18, 2020. The Control Yuan investigation report approved on April 21, 2020 revealed the following: i. The Construction and Planning Agency, MOI intended to make revisions to include “clinics” in “existing public buildings” and issued a letter inviting the MOHW to attend a meeting to express its opinions between 2016 and 2018. Astonishingly, the Department of Medical Affairs of the MOHW did not send representatives to attend the meeting. The MOI subsequently issued a letter inviting the department to express its opinions, to which the department merely responded by restating the 76