Before that time, all primary and junior high school teachers were trained in specialist teacher training institutions or in the education departments of a small number of regular universities. These students were all government funded, and the government was responsible for their professional placement after graduation. The students were guaranteed lifetime employment, and aside from their professional training, their education emphasized a sense of national spirit.
在此之前，台灣的中小學老師完全由師範體系及少數大學教育系培育，這些「準老師」們一律享有公費，畢業後由政府負責分發，保障終身職，除了專業培訓，也加強民族精神教育。