Yoon Jae-ok: "Student Rights Ordinance Transformed into Ordinance Encouraging Student Rebellion and Parental Power Harassment Complaints"

Ordinances Created by Some Superintendents
Infringement on Teachers' Rights and Majority of Students' Learning Rights
"Will Actively Pursue Amendment of the Teacher Status Act"

Yoon Jae-ok, the floor leader of the People Power Party, announced on the 25th that he plans to pursue amendments or abolition of the 'Student Human Rights Ordinance' introduced by progressive education superintendents, stating that "the reality is that there are only student rights without responsibilities and duties." He also stated that he would guarantee teachers' rights through amendments to the Teacher Status Act.

At the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Floor Leader Yoon said, "The Student Human Rights Ordinance ultimately encouraged irresponsible indulgence among some students, resulting in the infringement of teachers' authority and the learning rights of the majority of students, leading to the devastation of the educational field."

He emphasized, "Contrary to the justification put forward by the progressive camp, it has been distorted into an ordinance that encourages student rebellion and a parental bullying complaint ordinance. It is impossible for proper education to take place in classrooms where teachers cannot focus on teaching and worry about insults and assaults." He added, "The decline in teachers' authority inevitably leads to a decline in the quality of public education, and the damage will directly affect students and parents. Furthermore, it will darken the future of the Republic of Korea."

Yoon Jae-ok, floor leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the floor countermeasure meeting held at the National Assembly on the 25th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Floor Leader Yoon stated that he plans to work with education superintendents in each region to amend or abolish provisions in the human rights ordinances that infringe on teachers' authority or interfere with other students' learning rights. He also added, "We will actively consider measures to redirect wasteful, populist budgets to sufficiently secure school administrative personnel and expand dedicated personnel to handle student guidance, including school violence."

He also pledged to accelerate the amendment of related bills. The current plan is to promptly process a special law aimed at improving the status of teachers and protecting educational activities, which includes recording acts that infringe on teachers' authority in student records and guaranteeing immunity for teachers' legitimate disciplinary actions. Floor Leader Yoon said, "We will actively review and examine the bill in cooperation with the opposition parties and speed up its passage. I ask the Democratic Party and education superintendents with opposition leanings not to approach the human rights ordinance issue ideologically but to cooperate on necessary measures to strengthen teachers' authority."

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