From a branch classroom to a baby-boom giant.
Nanguang Elementary began in 1935 as a branch classroom of Puli Public School, becoming independent as "Puli South Public School" in 1936. After several renamings, it settled on Nanguang Elementary in 1968. At its historical peak, it was the second-largest school in the Puli area, once reaching 52 classes and over 2,000 students during the postwar baby boom. Today the school runs its "Nanguang Loves Reading" literacy program alongside Hakka-language and indigenous-culture programs.
南光國小於1935年以埔里公學校分教場設立，1936年獨立為「埔里南公學校」，歷經多次更名，於1968年定名為南光國小。校史巔峰時期曾達52班、學生逾2,000人，是埔里地區僅次於埔里國小的第二大校。學校現推動「南光愛閱讀」閱讀推廣計畫，並設有客語與原住民文化課程。
What makes this school worth knowing.
📖 Nanguang Loves Reading
南光愛閱讀計畫
The school's "Nanguang Loves Reading" literacy program is a core part of its identity, promoting a strong reading culture among students.
🌏 Hakka and Indigenous Culture Programs
客語與原住民文化課程
Nanguang runs Hakka-language and indigenous-culture programs that reflect the Puli basin's mixed cultural heritage.
📈 A Postwar Baby-Boom Giant
曾為第二大校
At its historical peak, Nanguang reached 52 classes and over 2,000 students, once the second-largest school in the Puli area.
A century-linked school of mixed heritage.
Once Puli's second-largest school at the height of the postwar baby boom, Nanguang Elementary traces its roots to a 1935 branch classroom and today anchors its identity in reading promotion and indigenous/Hakka cultural programs reflecting the basin's mixed heritage. See the Nantou county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
54550 Puli Township, Nantou County, Taiwan
54550南投縣埔里鎮中正路251號
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