Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education Leaves 'Hidden Camera Crackdown' to Schools, 'Turning a Blind Eye'

Rental of Detection Equipment by School Continues in Second Half of Year
Joint Crackdown by Education Office and Police 'Common' in Other Local Governments

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] The Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Kang Eun-hee) has instructed frontline schools to conduct their own crackdowns on illegal hidden cameras, claiming to prevent sexual violence crimes, sparking controversy over the effectiveness of this measure.

Unlike most other local governments, where the education office and police jointly conduct crackdowns considering that school hidden camera (molka) crimes are mostly committed by insiders, the Daegu Office of Education delegates this task to school principals, drawing criticism as a typical desk-bound administration.

According to the Daegu Office of Education on the 7th, frontline schools in the Daegu area are borrowing illegal hidden camera detection equipment in sequence from their respective education support offices and conducting molka crackdowns mainly focusing on restrooms.

The molka crackdown by each school is carried out by passing the equipment from the school that has completed the inspection to the next school. This molka crackdown guideline from the Daegu Office of Education has been notified to frontline schools for the second half of the year following the first half.

As a result, not only is the nature of the crackdown as an 'unannounced inspection' lost, but teachers are also burdened with molka crackdown duties, becoming unfairly burdened.

An elementary school teacher affiliated with the Nambu Education Support Office said, "In schools where external visitors are restricted and most molka crimes are committed by insiders, I am simply doubtful about what results school-led crackdowns can achieve," and emphasized, "I hope that, like other local governments, the education office, police, and parent organizations will jointly conduct proper crackdowns."

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