Vocational continuing education may be provided by senior secondary and higher level educational institutions or vocational training institutes.
Senior secondary and higher level educational institutions shall provide academic degrees, graduation diplomas, credit certificates, or certification of the number of course hours that a student has completed, in accordance with to the form of vocational continuing education that a student has received.
Vocational continuing education shall primarily offer workplace skill related courses for people who are currently working or transferring to another position or field. The courses may be planned and designed in the light of the vocational competence criteria set by the central competent authority of the related industry sector and the courses will be updated regularly.
The regulations governing who will be recruited for the vocational continuing education referred to in the preceding paragraph, its course design, learning assessment, eligibility qualifications, admission, and any other compliance matters shall be prescribed by the central competent authority. When necessary, the central competent authority may consult with the central competent labor authority and exempt a vocational continuing education program from the restrictions on admission stipulated in Articles 35 to 40 of the Senior High School Education Act, and on the curriculum and assessment of learning referred to in Chapter 7 of the same Act, from the restrictions on recruitment stipulated in Paragraph 2 of Article 31 of the Junior College Law; and from the restrictions on recruitment stipulated in the latter part of Paragraph 1 of Article 24 of the University Act.

Senior secondary and higher level educational institutions organizing provision of vocational continuing education may arrange for students to go into workplaces to undertake education and training courses.
The education and training courses undertaken in workplaces referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be jointly planned and designed by the senior secondary or higher level educational institution and the collaborating organization, and the educational institution and collaborating organization shall sign a written occupational education and training agreement with the students.
The written occupational education and training agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph shall explicitly set out the content of the education and training; the rights and obligations of the educational institution, the collaborating organization, and the students; the assessment of learning; and the graduation requirements.
The central competent authority shall provide a standard agreement template for the format and content of the written agreements referred to in the preceding paragraph and shall specify what matters such agreements must include and what they are not permitted to include.
The central competent authority shall provide a standard agreement template for the format and content of the written agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph and specify mandatory content and matters which such agreements are not permitted to include
When students go into workplaces to receive education and training courses in accordance with Paragraph 1, the competent authority in charge of the educational institution may, if necessary, conduct on-site inspections. The findings of such inspections may be used as reference material when reviewing the educational institution’s annual adjustment of its divisions, departments, institutes, academic programs, and courses, or for financial incentive rewards.

When organizing the provision of vocational continuing education, vocational training institutes shall draw up a vocational continuing education implementation plan, setting out the qualifications of the instructors, curriculum, operation mode, and calculation of course credits, and it may implement the plan after it has been approved by the competent authority.
The regulations governing the approval of programs, assessment and recognition of learning results, and any other compliance matters associated with the vocational continuing education referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the central competent authority in consultation with the central competent labor authority.

The competent authority may commission academic groups or professional accreditation organizations to assess and undertake inspection visits of the vocational continuing education provided by vocational training institutes, and make the results public. The regulations governing the assessments, inspection visits, and any other compliance matters shall be prescribed by the competent authority.