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民國60年7月22日由花蓮縣中正國民學校第一屆國民中學畢業生所呈獻，橢圓形大理石雕刻，全文共278字，說明學校建立過程，及九年國教後之發展成果，在蔣中正總統八秩嵩辰之時，以創校成果獻呈。石板左右以仙人及先鶴裝飾，背面下方為學校外貌，上方刻有：「中華民國五十五年季秋之吉，恭逢蔣中正總統八秩嵩辰，普天同慶、薄海騰歡，仰維元首德俟堯舜，功繼湯武，萬方愛戴，四海歸心，本校創立茲十載，謹以創校成果獻呈，並祝萬壽無疆。」落款為「花蓮縣中正國民學校校長王朝梅，家長會長葉祐庚」。
1967年6月以色列向四周阿拉伯國家及巴勒斯坦解放組織發動「六日戰爭」，只花了六天，大獲全勝。蔣中正總統分析，認為以色列實施十二年國民義務教育，提昇了全體國民的教育程度及知識水準，是台灣應當立刻學習的，乃裁示：「務須在最短期限內，促其九年國民義務教育實現」，民國57年在侷促的情況下開始實施九年國教，但三年後第一屆國中生畢業，証明了九年國教的成功。

In June 27, 1971, all graduates of junior high schools in Taiwan Province presented this marble plaque inscribed the words read:
"Dear President, we thank you.
In order to accelerate the establishment of a modern nation, you resolutely decided to carry out the nine-year compulsory education.
Because of your determination, we have enjoyed lively education, which likes life-giving spring breeze and rain, has offered us pleasant, timely, and salutary learning.

We are now young students of buoyant disposition, will be open and above board, and in the future, fight our way through, and sacrifice ourselves to create a new era and a new China.
Dear President, we thank you.
May You Be Healthy and Strong, and Wish You a Long Life
Respectfully, all 1971 graduates of junior high schools in Taiwan Province
June 27, 1971"
The nine-year compulsory education started to implement in 1968. Because of being lacking in school buildings, teachers, and educational materials, the program was considered impossible to be carried out in a short-term. However, Chiang Kai-shek adhered to the principles not only that compulsory education must be extended, but also that the program must be carried out immediately. With Chiang's determination, the program was finally scheduled to start on September 1968, and the first wave of junior high school students under the new compulsory education system was graduated in 1971, which proved that the system worked.
This stone carving can be deemed to be the evidence of Chiang Kai-shek's successful implementation of nine-year compulsory education.