| Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School 臺北市立建國高級中學 |
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| No.56, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 10066, Taiwan (R.O.C.) |
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| School type | Public school |
| Established | 1898 |
| Head of school | Tsai Bing-Kun |
| Grades | 10 - 12 |
| Gender | Male |
| Age range | 16 - 18 |
| Enrollment | 3,868[1] |
| Language | Standard Mandarin (Traditional) |
| Campus | Urban |
| School Colour(s) | Khaki |
| Website | http://web.ck.tp.edu.tw |
Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School (Chinese: 臺北市立建國高級中學, JGHS; formerly Chien-Kuo in the Wade-Giles transliteration instead of Pinyin) is a high school for boys, which is located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan. The school was established in 1898 during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, and was the Taipei First High School, the first public high school in Taiwanese history.[2][3] JGHS is frequently cited as one of the most prestigious high schools for boys in Taiwan, requiring the highest scores on the national senior high school entrance exams.[4][5][6] Its female counterpart is the Taipei First Girls' High School.[7]
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Jianguo High School was the first public high school in Taiwan. Except for a short period following the Chinese Civil War, the school has been an all-boys high school. The red brick building was built in 1909 during Japanese rule and is considered one of Taipei's historical buildings. Originally called Taipei First Boys School, it was renamed in 1946 (along with Taipei Second Boys School) so that the two names would spell out the phrase "successfully establish a country" (建國成功), thus naming them Jianguo High School and Cheng Kung High School (成功中學). During Japanese rule, because Jianguo was reserved primarily for the Japanese while Taipei Second Boys School allowed entry for the Taiwanese, the two schools developed a competitive nature that persists to this day.
Students attending the school are widely recognized for their distinctive khaki uniforms and green bookbags. Only the top 1% of scorers on the Basic Competence Test for Junior High School Students (國民中學學生基本學力測驗) receive admission. A large portion of graduates go on to attend prestigious universities locally and worldwide. The school has graduated over 100,000 students in its history. For many international science and math competitions (e.g. the International Science Olympiad), students from Jianguo are chosen to represent Taiwan.[8][9][10][11]
