6 out of 10 teachers across the country “experience student disruption every dayâ€
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- 25 Jul 2022
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According to a survey result, 6 out of 10 elementary, middle, and high school teachers across the country experience school rights violations at least once a day. In a subjective answer, one teacher answered, “I feel like I am standing on the front line of the battlefield with my hands and feet tied.”
The Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations (KFA) announced on the 25th that as a result of conducting a survey of 8,655 teachers across the country from the 12th to the 24th, 61.3% of the teachers experienced abusive language or interruption of their students more than 5 times a week. Also, 36.3% of teachers said that they experienced such problem behavior twice a day.
Recently, a fifth-grade student transferred from an elementary school in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, abused the homeroom teacher and the principal, and in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, a sixth grade elementary school student threatened the teacher who was stopping a fight with a knife. There are growing calls for institutional guarantees.
The most problematic behavior of students experienced by teachers was 'talking or making noise' (26.8%). Aggressive behavior such as abusive language (22.8%) and unauthorized leaving the classroom or school (12.7%) were followed, and assaults using the body or tools accounted for 6.4%.
With the revision of the Teacher Status Act in 2019, if a student seriously violates the right to school, such as beating a teacher, it is possible to send a compulsory transfer or even expulsion for high school students. However, it is still pointed out as a problem that there is no way to stop immediately when a real situation occurs. Read More…
