Non-Compliant Private Institutions Between 2016 and 2019 Status NonNo. of Compliant Required Actual Year Instituti Difference Institutions Employment Employment ons No. % No. % No. % No. % 2016 16,881 1,470 8.7 4,689 100.0 2,614 55.7 2,075 44.3 2017 17,180 1,544 9.0 5,246 100.0 3,079 58.7 2,167 41.3 2018 17,466 1,605 9.2 5,674 100.0 3,340 58.9 2,334 41.1 2019 17,673 1,736 9.8 5,977 100.0 3,479 58.2 2,498 41.8 Source: MOL 123. Each year, the Ministry of Civil Service (hereinafter referred to as the MOCS) and Directorate-General of the Personnel Administration, Executive Yuan, jointly compile a list of positions and requirements (including ranks, job categories, and required quotas) for persons with disabilities in various public departments and schools. The survey outcomes are submitted to the Ministry of Examination (hereinafter referred to as the MOEX) for review. The MOEX then sends the outcomes to the Examination Yuan for the approval of the Special Civil Service Examinations for the Disabled (hereinafter referred to as the SCSED). According to the statistics released by the MOCS, 112 the percentage of persons with disabilities who were admitted to employment through the SCSED from 2016 to 2019 was 36.4%, 37.8%, 39.6%, and 41.4%, respectively, while the employment rate of persons with disabilities who passed the Senior Civil Service Examination declined from 9.75% in 2016 to 9.71% in 2019. This statistic highlights the fact that the SCSED is a major and increasingly important pathway for persons with disabilities to secure civil employment. However, the proportion of civil employees with disabilities to total civil employees decreased from 9.27% in 2016 to 9.21% in 2019. Based on statistics released by the MOEX, the NHRC discovered a year-over-year decrease between 2016 and 2019 in the required quota for the SCSED, which dropped from 233,151,160, and 133, respectively. The NHRC also found that the required quota were mostly filled by level 5 civil servants, and the proportion of the participants in this exam increased year-overyear (40.34% to 50.37%). Due to the fact that the SCSED is a major pathway for persons with disabilities to secure civil employment, the NHRC is concerned 112 Statistical Yearbook of Civil Services 2016-2019 (Link: https://www.mocs.gov.tw/pages/law_list.aspx?Node=449&Index=4) - General Statistics of Civil Servants, General Statistics of Persons with Disabilities Employed as Civil Servants. 87