Citizens older than school age who have not received primary and/or junior high school education shall receive supplementary compulsory education.
Schools shall establish continuing education departments for the implementation of supplementary compulsory education.

A school shall appoint a director of its continuing education department and may appoint a number of full-time teachers or staff of the school to concurrently serve as section chiefs; teachers who are qualified personnel in accordance with the law who work at the school or elsewhere serve concurrently as section chiefs; staff of the school may serve as section chiefs on a full-time basis or concurrently.

Citizens must be at least 15 years of age for admission to a school’s continuing education department.
A primary school may assign new students in its continuing education department to classes that are consistent with their level.
Citizens shall meet one of the following criteria for admission to the continuing education department of a junior high school:
1. The person has graduated from primary school or from a primary school level supplementary compulsory education school.
2. The person has passed a Self-Study Academic Ability Assessment Examination and has the academic ability of a person who completed primary school.
3. The person has an educational level equivalent to having completed primary school.
A registration system is used for the admission referred to in the preceding two paragraphs and the application procedure; the associated directions shall be prescribed by the special municipality and county（city）competent authorities.

The continuing education department of a primary school is divided into lower and upper divisions. The lower division provides education equivalent to the first three years of primary school education, and the term of study of the continuing education is between six months and one year. The upper division provides education equivalent to the last three years of primary school education, and the term of study is between one year and six months and two years. The continuing education department of a junior high school provides education equivalent to a junior high school education; the term of study of the continuing education is not permitted to be less than three years.

Supplementary compulsory education may be provided in the form of daily weekday courses, non-daily weekday courses, or weekend courses.

The learning content of supplementary compulsory education shall be prescribed by the central competent authority, with reference to the content of the primary and junior high school curriculum guidelines and serve as the basis for school planning and implementation of the curriculum, and planning based on students’ age, physical and mental development, life and work needs shall be undertaken to meet students’ learning requirements and social needs.

Any student who completes courses at supplementary compulsory education school with passing grades is permitted to graduate and shall receive a graduation certificate from the school giving the person has the same graduation qualification as a person who graduated from a regular school, of the same category, at the same level.
Directions related to the assessment of the achievements referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the special municipality and county（city）competent authorities.

Regulations governing the scope of the primary school and junior high school graduation level Self-Study Academic Ability Assessment Examinations, the agencies that conduct the examinations, its annual frequency and schedule of the examinations, the subjects examined, eligibility to take the examinations, certificate issuing, and annulment, and other related matters shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.

Schools’ continuing education departments do not charge tuition fees but may consider charging miscellaneous fees or administration fees for some services if it is seen to be necessary. Autonomous regulations governing the collection of fees shall be prescribed by the special municipality or county（city）competent authority.