Starting September, 'Disruptive Students' Can Be Removed from the Classroom

Review of 727 Opinions Following Administrative Notice
'Notice on Teachers' Student Life Guidance'

Starting next month, teachers will be able to remove students who disrupt class from the classroom and confiscate their mobile phones.

Starting next month, teachers will be able to remove students who disrupt class from the classroom and confiscate their mobile phones.
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On the 31st, the Ministry of Education announced that after reviewing 727 opinions collected during the administrative notice period from the 18th to the 28th, it finalized the "Notice on Student Life Guidance by Teachers" and will apply it in educational settings starting from the 1st of next month.

First, teachers at elementary, middle, and high schools will be able to ensure the teacher's right to teach and other students' right to learn by taking the following measures against students who disrupt class: ▲ moving the student to another seat within the classroom during class ▲ separating the student to a designated location within the classroom during class ▲ separating the student to a designated place outside the classroom during class ▲ separating the student to a specific place outside regular class hours.

If a student continues to disrupt educational activities despite being separated more than twice a day, teachers may request the guardian to take the student home for home study.

Teachers will be allowed to inspect students' belongings within necessary limits if there is reasonable suspicion that a student possesses items that may harm the life or body of themselves or others, or cause significant damage to property.

Additionally, teachers may separate and store items such as mobile phones that students continue to use despite being warned more than twice, or items that may pose a risk to safety or health.

In urgent cases where there is a risk of harm to the life or body of teachers or other students, or significant damage to property, teachers will also be able to physically restrain the student's actions.

However, the Ministry of Education explained that considering concerns about potential human rights violations in cases of physical restraint, it plans to distribute an explanatory guide of the notice to the field to prevent any such issues.

Furthermore, when disciplining students, teachers may require alternative behaviors to correct problematic actions, assignments such as cleaning or restoring damaged facilities and items to their original state, and reflective writing tasks.

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