Such education has developed somewhat late in the ROC In 1962, at the fourth National Education Conference, a plan was made to develop gifted education, starting from centers at two Taipei elementary schools run by the Taipei Provincial Teachers 'College.
一般而言，資優者的出現率在三％到五％之間，天才則約是萬分之一。與先進國家相較，我國的資優教育起步較晚。民國五十一年第四次全國教育會議中，經過與會學者的呼籲，通過發展資優教育計畫。其後由省立台北師專在北市福星國小、陽明國小辦理「優秀兒童教育實驗班」。