This is as nutty as those in the US who wish to teach ebonics as a viable language. Idiotic. The sooner Chen Shui-bian is voted out, the better.
I lived in Taiwan for 2 years. Many of the younger generation (especially in Taipei) do not speak Taiwanese. It would be a mistake to teach Taiwanese in the school since it is not a useful dialect in global interaction. Mandarin and English are spoken by a majority of the world's population. Also, the policies of Chen Shui-bian and his administration toward independence are frightening and I agree that the DPP (Democratic Progressive Party) needs to be voted out and replaced with the more moderate KMT (Nationalist Party).