governments in the 2017-2019 academic years (from 2017/9 to 2020/6)
for inspection, 58.78% failed to fully meet the standards of normalized
teaching, and more than 50% failed to fully meet the standards in 14 of
the 22 cities/counties. 73.53% of private high schools and 56.46% of
public high schools did not fully satisfy the standards. According to the
questionnaire in the investigation, 25.98% of students had experience
when a session of non-assessment subject was used to teach a CAP
(Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students)
subject; 23.26% said the 8th period, which is designed for after school
tutoring, had been used to teach new content; 47.73% said their morning
self-study hours, lunch breaks or cleaning time had been used by
teachers to teach content or give exams; 25.68% thought school hours
were too long.
115. Recommendations:
（1） The central and local governments should deal with schools that
fail to normalize teaching in accordance with the law, and take
disciplinary action when necessary.
（2） The MOE should propose specific measures to mitigate the
impact of "additional homework" (transcribing text as
punishment) on students' right to rest and leisure, and the
excessive hours of study in school, in order to protect their
human rights and rights to physical and mental development.
Leisure and Cultural Activities
116. In reference to §199 of the Second Report, Attachment 7-13, and §58
of the Concluding Observations on the Initial Report, it is understood
that in recent years the Government has been actively promoting
inclusive playground facilities and "non-cookie-cutter" playground
facilities. However, as of January 31, 2021, more than half of the
city/county governments have completed less than 50% of inspection
of playgrounds in parks and submitted results for future reference,
according to the "Survey of Playgrounds Annexed to Parks" compiled
by the Construction and Planning Agency. Only half of the
cities/counties have opened the design planning meetings or activities
for children to participate in when setting up new playgrounds; as of the
end of 2021, 6 cities/counties still did not have any playground facilities
for children with disabilities. At present, children's playground
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