Three years ago, the Atayal people of Smangus called a students 'strike. They argued that the students could study on their own and even cut bamboo to build a simple classroom. Hsinchu County responded by finally establishing a Hsinkuang Primary "experimental class" in the village to spare the children the arduous journey to school and to keep them with their parents.
3 年前，司馬庫斯的泰雅族人揚言罷課，發起部落自學，自己砍下竹子搭成簡易教室，新竹縣政府終於在部落裡設置「新光國小實驗分班」，讓孩子無須再跋山涉水、離家求學。