Just this summer, 34 primary schools closed down throughout the island, including Yukuang Elementary School in Taipei County's Pinglin Township, which was famous for its excellent field study program. The dearth of students is expected to get only worse in the next few years because it is a direct result of the dearth of babies, and the overall birthrate among Taiwanese women is falling at an alarming speed.
單單今年暑假，包括以遊學活動聞名的台北縣坪林漁光國小在內，全國又有 34 所小學走入歷史。可預見的是，未來幾年學校「學生荒」的景況會日益嚴重，因為「學生荒」起源於「嬰兒荒」，而我國婦女的總生育率正以驚人的速度快速下降中。