Jang Ye-chan "Decline of Teacher Authority, Progressive Education Superintendents Have Nothing to Say Even with Ten Mouths"

"Jo Hee-yeon, Neglected Teacher Authority Decline for 10 Years... Resign Immediately"

Amid growing concerns about the decline of teacher authority in the education field following the death of an elementary school teacher in Seoul and several cases of teacher assaults, Jang Ye-chan, the Youth Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party, raised the issue of responsibility among progressive education superintendents.

On the 25th, during BBS's "Jeon Young-shin's Morning Journal," Jang said, "In the face of the question of who created this tragic atmosphere, I believe that so-called progressive education superintendents have nothing to say even if they had ten mouths."

Jang Ye-chan, candidate for the Youth Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

He stated, "Progressive education superintendents have significantly strengthened students' rights, including the Student Human Rights Ordinance, but at the same time, they should have addressed teachers' authority and the responsibilities of students who receive discipline. However, they omitted and excluded these aspects," adding, "The excessive undermining of teacher authority by progressive education superintendents and the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (Jeon-gyo-jo), while only pampering students, is the fundamental cause of the current decline in teacher authority."

He also pointed out the drawbacks of "holistic education." He said, "The so-called holistic education promoted by Jeon-gyo-jo has led to the infringement of students' right to learn in public education, forcing students who want to study to turn to private education," and added, "As a result, this vicious cycle has caused the authority of public school teachers to decline, leading to the absurd situation we see now where teachers cannot even wake up students who are sleeping."

However, he expressed the view that the Student Human Rights Ordinance should be supplemented rather than completely abolished. He said, "The goal is not the complete abolition of the Student Human Rights Ordinance itself, but the restoration of teacher authority. If the ordinance is supplemented with measures such as strengthening student responsibilities and recording violations of teacher authority in student records, as I mentioned earlier, then abolition itself is not the top priority."

Cho Hee-yeon, the progressive education superintendent of Seoul, said, "We will actively consider adding a clause on student accountability, but we oppose abolition." In response, Jang said, "Is that something that can be resolved with just one clause?" and added, "Adding a token phrase that is practically meaningless will not solve the problem."

He continued, "Isn't Cho, who has served as a three-term education superintendent, the incompetent superintendent who failed to address issues such as the private education cartel and teachers in the field receiving money from private academies to provide mock exam questions for the college entrance exam? During the nearly ten years that teacher authority in classrooms has declined to the point where teachers cannot discipline students, wasn't it Cho who neglected this?" and said, "If Superintendent Cho feels even a shred of responsibility, he should resign immediately and let someone else manage the chaos in the education field. He is not in a position to dare propose alternatives now."

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