Abstract
Aborignes are the people who have lived in Taiwan in the earliest times. However, for hundreds of years, incessantly struggling with immigrants, most aborigines have moved to the mountaneous areas, and only small part of them have stayed on the plain. In addition, with the change of history, some descendants of the aborigines have moved to the plain because of marriage, jobs, work, schools, etc. As a result, the aborgines can be divided into plain aborigines and mountainous aboringes. Of 23 million Taiwanese inhabitants, there are 400 to 500 thousand aborings, accounting for 2% of the toal population.

This paper aims to compare the dropping out rates of aboriginal and non-aboriginal students in elementary and middle schools on the phase of the compulsory education. The analysis is based on the figures and data used in “the notification and resuming school system for the dropouts in the elementary and middle schools.” According to “the regulations of notification and resuming schools for dropouts in elementary and middle schools” released by the Ministry of Education, the “dropout” is defined as follows. The student in the elementary school or middle school who is absent more than three days without a leave of absence or for any unknown reason, or who as a transfer student has not reported to the school, is defined as a dropout. In addition, the student who has not registered in the school during a semester is also a dropout.” The school authorities are supposed to notify the units concerned of the dropouts according to the administrative procedures in order that the educational and administrative units can start a certain mechanism to look for the dropout.

In Taiwan, the elementary school education and junior high school education are compulsory; that is, it is obligatory, common and free. According to the ninth article of compulsory schooling, ”For those who are old enough to go to school but still don’t go to school, schools should report to the committee of compulsory education in countries (towns, cities, districts, sending persons to interview the families and persuade them to go to school. And for those who can not go to school because of poverty or misfortune, the schools should report to the local government, which should help with their difficulties according to social welfare regulations or special relief ways. In addition, except for special cases, if parents or guardians would not allow their children old enough to be admitted to schools after being advised, the schools should report to the committee of compulsory education in countries (towns, cities, districts), which can warn the parents or guardians with papers and tell them to send children to school before deadlines. If they still don’t obey the regulations, the administrative offices of countries (towns, cities, districts) can fine them less than NT $100, and order them to send their kids to school within time limits. And the offices will fine the parents or guardians until they obey the regulations. Therefore, it can be seen that citizens are obliged to go to school, and not allowed to leave school without reasons, and not allowed to be absent for a long period of time. Otherwise, they can be considered to be offenders of the existing regulations and be regarded as dropouts, who need to be corrected according to laws. According to the statistics of the notification system in recent years, the aboriginal dropouts are more than non-aborigines. This paper will explain the detailed situation according to statistic figures, offering some suggestions.