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Before the Tzu Chi Hospital had even opened,
Master- Cheng Yen already planned to set up colleges of nursing
and medicine to produce medical specialists for the hospital,
since it was difficult to attract doctors and nurses to Eastern
Taiwan. After the hospital was opened, she actively began
to make preparations. With support from all sides and through
the Master's own hard work, the Tzu Chi Junior- College of
Nursing was opened on September 1 7, 1989, and the Tzu Chi
College of Medicine on October 16, 1994. These events wrote
new pages in the history of Tzu Chi education.
The nursing college and the medical college
are the foundation of Tzu Chi education. In the future, Tzu
Chi will also set up kindergartens, elementary schools, secondary
schools, and a university. It is clear that the Tzu Chi education
emphasizing both humanitarianism and professional expertise
has been a good model for education in Taiwan.
Here is a complete history of how Tzu Chi
Education Mission came about:
