A name built on the ideal of universal love.
Bo'ai Elementary School was originally established as “Chiayi City New North District Bo'ai National School” in 1948. It was renamed after Chiayi became a county-administered city in 1950, then became “Bo'ai National Elementary School” in 1968 when nine-year compulsory education was introduced. The school gained its current designation in 1982, when Chiayi was elevated to provincial-city status.
博愛國小創立於民國37年（1948年），初名「嘉義市新北區博愛國民學校」。民國39年（1950年）嘉義市改為縣轄市後更名，57年（1968年）九年國教實施後改稱「博愛國民小學」。71年（1982年）嘉義市升格省轄市後，定名為現名。
What makes this school worth knowing.
💗 A Name Rooted in Civic Ideals
博愛精神立校
The school's name “博愛” (Universal Love/Benevolence) reflects a civic ideal embedded in its identity since Chiayi's postwar reconstruction era.
🏙️ Renamed Through Chiayi's Growth
隨嘉義市升格更名
The school has changed its name three times since 1948, tracking Chiayi's administrative evolution from city, to county-administered city, to provincial city.
📚 A Postwar Reconstruction-Era School
戰後重建時期設校
Founded in 1948, Bo'ai Elementary is part of the wave of schools built during Chiayi's postwar reconstruction period.
A civic ideal embedded since the postwar era.
Bo'ai Elementary's name — meaning “Universal Love” or “Benevolence” — reflects a civic ideal embedded in the school's identity since Chiayi's postwar reconstruction era. See the Chiayi City page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 822 You'ai Road, West District, Chiayi City 600, Taiwan
嘉義市西區友愛路822號
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