South Korea has launched a pair of laws that will better save teachers from getting harassed, media reports revealed. It follows many protests that were triggered by the death in July of a 23-year-old primary school teacher, who had been handling the complaints from teachers. The protesting teachers showed irritation over mistreatment by parents and students. This involves being accused of child abuse for disciplining students.
The new laws enforced on Thursday collectively come under the so-called Teacher Rights Restoration Bill. Under one of the laws, if a teacher does any kind of child abuse, he or she would not be at the moment suspended as is the current practice. Besides this, further enquiry and proof would be needed. This specific Bill got unanimous support from South Korea’s National Assembly, according to Korea JoongAng Daily.