In 1968, when the ROC extended mandatory education from six to nine years, educational authorities faced a serious shortage of teachers for the over 150 new middle schools that were to open up around the country.
民國五十七年，我國六年國民教育延長為九年，省市新辦的一百五十餘所國民中學，於當年九月九日同時開學，教育當局與各學校面臨師資不足的嚴重問題；加上當時工商職校遽增，使得高職師資異常欠缺。