TWM sponsored the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology's rural programming camp for the seventh consecutive year and cooperated with 3 schools in organizing programming camps.
Corporate volunteers from TWM were trained to serve as teaching assistants and team assistants, maintaining a student-to-volunteer ratio of 1:2. They guided students in programming language and remote control drones. Incentives were provided after the camp to encourage teachers to conduct independent classes post-training. This initiative aims to break the limitations of rural education and continue investing in technological resources to cultivate future talents, helping children use programming to shape their future.
Promotion continued in 2023, with free applications open to 10,000 disadvantaged students. It integrates core network resources and software services in "MyBook Interactive
Foreign Languages Learning" and collaborates with four major publishers to offer over 1,000 multimedia online books in four languages. TWM is committed to popularizing digital learning opportunities and helping disadvantaged students in rural areas improve their digital competitiveness and foreign language skills.
In 2021, as the pandemic intensified, schools halted physical classes. This led to the issue of "suspended classes equals suspended learning" due to the lack of computer equipment for disadvantaged families in rural areas. TWM thus launched the "Tablet for Everyone, Classes Suspended but Learning Continues" plan, successfully collecting and shipping 2,257 tablets. Since 2022, the project has continued, inviting the public to donate second-hand devices, which are refurbished by TWM Taiwan and then donated, promoting the economic cycle. In 2023, TWM partnered with Say Digi Tech to donate 200 second-hand smart devices to schools on outlying islands, with 100 more units expected to be donated in 2024. Additionally, TWM will collaborate with the Digital Nursery Fly High with Digital Wings project, providing one-stop auxiliary teaching services, ensuring that disadvantaged students have both software and hardware to easily learn foreign languages and connect with the world.
With the goal of reducing the digital divide, TWM integrates core telecommunications technology and fixed network services, connects partner organization resources, and assists non-profit organizations (NPOs) in establishing "Digital Learning Centers" in remote areas. TWM sponsors network access, computer software, and hardware equipment, guides local organizations in utilizing e-learning resources, and holds regular classes to provide a digital learning environment for local residents. In 2023, a new base was added in Guanxi Township, Hsinchu County, bringing the total to 25 locations in continuous operation since 2007. Moving forward, TWM will collaborate with the community to enable more disadvantaged groups to benefit from digital education and enhance their access to digital technology.
Amid the wave of globalization and digitization, there is a significant shortage of scientific and technological talent. TWM views its IT team as the enterprise's innovation engine and actively cultivates technological elites of the new era, extending talent cultivation globally. The "Tech Genius Internship Program" is held annually, open to individuals of any nationality, with internship periods not limited to winter and summer vacations. Interns can choose flexible locations for their work, either online or offline (physical). The program offers comprehensive industry teacher training, cultivating IT talents that meet international standards. Many international talents from non-information backgrounds have joined, achieving the goal of 100 IT interns in 2023.