Statistics show that although Taiwan's population from 1951 to 1983 increased enormously from 7 million to 18 million, the average number of students taught by one teacher dropped markedly, from 38 to 27 pupils.
民國四十年到七十二年間，每一教師平均所教學生數由卅七點七一降為廿六點六九，顯示教師的增加率高於學生增加率。