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Hotline on Teachers’ Rights Infringement to Open Next Month

Hotline on Teachers’ Rights Infringement to Open Next Month

SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A hotline will open next month, allowing teachers to report cases of infringement upon their teaching rights, the education ministry said Tuesday. The plan was announced after the apparent suicide of a young public school teacher distressed by malicious parental complaints last year led to a series of mass [...]

New Ringtones to Indicate Calls to Teachers May be Recorded

New Ringtones to Indicate Calls to Teachers May be Recorded

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this week, anybody who calls a teacher will be informed in advance that their conversation may be recorded, the Ministry of Education said Monday, stepping up its efforts to protect teachers from abusive complaints by parents. Kindergartens, and elementary, middle and high schools across the country will be [...]

Incidents of Student Infringement of Teachers’ Rights Double: Data

Incidents of Student Infringement of Teachers’ Rights Double: Data

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of students’ infringements of teachers’ rights is increasing in recent days, amid ongoing controversy over a video of a male middle school student lying on the teacher’s platform with a mobile phone in his hands during class, data showed Sunday. According to the data that Democratic Party [...]