To promote service learning in Taiwan, in 1999 the Taipei City Government stipulated that every school term, first and second year junior and senior high school students must perform a minimum of eight hours of volunteer work.
加上服務學習觀念引進台灣，台北市率先在一九九九年推出服務學習，規定國、高中一、二年級學生每學期至少要有八小時公共服務教育時間。