From 1999 on, county and city education bureaus islandwide began trials of the new system in over 300 elementary and junior high schools, which were either selected or volunteered. With a subsidy of around NT $ 500,000 a year for participation, schools began groping their way forward.
因此各縣市教育局從八十八年起試辦，全省三百多所國中小學或是被指派、或是志願，在一年約五十萬元的試辦經費挹注下，開始摸著石頭找路。