| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 戰略暨國際事務研究所 === 103 === With the changing social patterns, the phenomenon of low birth rate apparently becomes the unavoidable tendency in all the advanced countries in the world. According to the report on the estimated population from 2006 to 2051 by the Council for Economic Planning and Development, the growth rate of the total population in Taiwan will decline from positive growth into negative growth. And it will also accelerate the aging population in Taiwan. The first is that Taiwan’s education field faces many chaos. Many thorny problems appear individually. Being engaged in educational service for many years, declining birthrate phenomenon like time bombs will explode one by one in the foreseeable future. Without the positive and effective solutions, the overall educational development and competitive power of the nation will be affected and threatened. Therefore, how to deal with the challenge from the society of fewer young people and more aged people in the future is indeed the critical issue that the Taiwan Government should pay attention to.
The phenomenon of low birth rate is related to all aspects such as politics, economy, education, social issues, and cultural differences. The researcher finds that the main causes are as follows: the formation of thoughts that unmarried young people are unwilling to get married ; the declining percentage of couples’ getting married; the switch in attitudes toward giving birth and educating kids; the dilemma faced by career women in taking care of both jobs and family affairs; the financial burden of breeding and educating kids; and the insufficient resources and less supportive surroundings provided for breeding and educating kids. The expectation that raising kids is the feedback guaranty in the future is obviously collapsed and decreases the motivation to give birth to babies.
Taiwan has long been no comprehensive population policy. And it has been successful in promoting family planning, population growth gain its control. Together with the recent poor economic environment, resulting in deteriorated condition to have children, most people choose not to marry or not to have children. This makes Taiwan’s low birth rate to be a serious problem.
Low birth rate problem either for individuals or whole in terms of education level, the impact of low birth rate brings more drawbacks than advantages. If Taiwan’s Government has failed to actively solve the problem, in the short term it might affect Taiwan’s labor force, in the long term it may cause the collapse of the social security system.It can even lead to the demise of the country. And to solve the problem of low birth rate, we should get a thorough understanding of the real causes of the problem of low birth rate. We have to clarify why men and women of childbearing age are not willing to have more babies, do not want babies, have difficult pregnancy, and even infertility. We should request our country to exclude these problems and construct relevant laws to solve the real causes of low birth rate.
In addition, the people are the country’s fundamental. A country will not exist without people. The quality of the people can allow Taiwan to shine in the stage of the world. So we have to improve educational quality, and the quality of educational sites. We should train talents in various fields. This can increase the overall literacy of our people.
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