Ministry of Education and Ministry of Justice Form Joint Task Force to Respond to 'Teacher Child Abuse Reports'

Preventing Arbitrary Suspension of Teachers
Ministry of Justice "Enforcement of Criminal Law Related to Child Abuse"

Amid ongoing issues of teachers' rights violations, the Ministry of Education is forming a joint task force with the Ministry of Justice to prevent indiscriminate reports of child abuse against teachers.

On the 3rd, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Justice announced in a press release that "on the 2nd, they agreed to form a joint task force to reflect the opinions of on-site teachers appealing for the guarantee of normal educational activities and to improve the reality where legitimate educational activities by teachers are reported as child abuse."

The joint task force for improving law enforcement, including child abuse investigation and prosecution, will also include the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Police Agency to discuss improvement measures.

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Lee Ju-ho, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, stated, "Without resolving the issue of educational activity suppression caused by child abuse reports, public education cannot be properly established," and added, "We will promptly take corrective measures to ensure that the wrongful practice of suspending teachers solely based on child abuse reports by metropolitan and provincial offices of education no longer occurs."

Han Dong-hoon, Minister of Justice, also said, "Regardless of when the National Assembly amends laws related to child abuse, we will enforce criminal laws related to child abuse in a way that fully reflects the special characteristics of school sites and the importance of teachers' duties, so that teachers in the field can make educational judgments without being intimidated and are respected."

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