Instead, during Pan Wen-chung's tenure as head of its education bureau, it began promoting a "unique schools" program. Pan's plan focused on increasing the educational value of small schools in remote areas by uncovering their "natural resources." The program provides urban students with hands-on experience with nature, and has grown into a new kind of "learning industry."
為了小校的保存，台北縣在潘文忠任教育局局長任內，便推出「特色學校」計劃，發掘偏遠學校豐富的自然資源，提供給都會學生另類體驗，延伸成一種「學習產業」，創造小校更大的教育價值。