The roots of nanny certification and testing in Taiwan can be traced back to 1998. It was then that the Ministry of the Interior and the Council for Labor Affairs laid out the plan for the examination, primarily in the hopes of improving the skills of traditional nannies, giving parents a means of choosing nannies that met an objective standard and encouraging those nannies to grow in their profession and improve their social standing.
我國證照保母的技術檢定考，可回溯至 1998 年，當時內政部及勞委會規劃這項考試，主要是希望藉此提升傳統保母的專業能力，讓家長遴選時更有評斷的標準，並激勵保母的自我成長及社會地位提升。