The schools for the blind include kindergarten and primary and secondary schools. However, because there are only two in Taiwan, one in Taipei and one in Taichung, most blind students must leave home at an early age to live at school.
啟明學校包括幼稚園、小學、國中到高中職，目前有台北啟明和台中啟明兩所，多數盲生都得從小離鄉背井、住校就讀。