National Taichung First Senior High School

Coordinates: 24°9′1.7″N 120°41′12.1″E / 24.150472°N 120.686694°E / 24.150472; 120.686694

National Taichung First Senior High School
國立臺中第一高級中學
Motto 公誠勤樸
Type national
Established 1915
President Po-chia Kuo (郭伯嘉)
Location Taichung City, Taiwan, Republic of China
Website http://www.tcfsh.tc.edu.tw
The stele erected in Taichung First Senior High which was inscribed "毋負今日".

The National Taichung First Senior High School (TCFSH; Chinese: 國立臺中第一高級中學, also 台中一中) is one of the most prestigious and distinguished high school in Taiwan, Republic of China. TCFSH was the first high school founded by Taiwanese to educate their youngsters during the colonial days under Japanese rule Japanese occupation.

Overview

The admission of Taichung First Senior High School is extremely competitive. Less than 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 in Taiwan as well as worldwide. For many international science and math competitions such as the International Mathematics Olympiad, the International Geography Olympiad, the International Physics Olympiad, the International Biology Olympiad, the Intel Science Fair, the International Chemistry Olympiad, the International Earth Science Olympiad, &c., students from Taichung First Senior High are usually chosen to represent Taiwan.

History

The National Taichung First High School was founded by elite members of gentry in Taichung in 1915, including Lin Lie-tang (林烈堂), Lin Hsien-tang (林獻堂), Lin Hsiung-chen (林熊徵), Tsai Lien-fang (蔡蓮舫) and Koo Hsien-jung (辜顯榮). Fought against the unfair education policy of Japanese colonial government, they established the Taichung Middle School to provide better education to the young Taiwanese who did not have the opportunity to attend middle schools which were reserved for the Japanese children exclusively.

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