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In connection with the sudden death of a high school student who suffered sexual harassment in a dormitory of a high school in Yeonggwang, Jeollanam-do, the principal of the school was suspended and the perpetrator transferred.
The Ministry of Education decided to implement strong recurrence prevention measures to prevent similar incidents from occurring.
On the 15th, the Deputy Minister of Education, Park Baek-beom, responded to the request of the Blue House to “condemn the condemnation of sexual violence against high school students.” Announced. The request was satisfied with the participation of 250,000 people.
According to the petition, Group A, who was a freshman at this high school, died of acute pancreatitis on July 3. The Group A parents demanded that their son’s death was related to sexual harassment by her friends in the school dormitory and demanded an investigation.
Vice Minister Park said: “I express my deepest consolation for the grief of the petitioner and other relatives who left my son.” “A countermeasures headquarters was formed,” he explained, explaining the process after the incident occurred.
He said: “In the investigation conducted through July 28, the school did not actively take steps to separate the abused students requested by the victims, and the dormitory management was confirmed to be deficient.” On the 25th of last month, I requested disciplinary action from the school corporation, and on the 25th of last month, in the Teacher Discipline Committee, the principal was suspended in March, the assistant principal was reduced in January, and the teacher of school violence was reprimanded.
Vice Minister Park said: “We decided to transfer one of the perpetrators to school, and for the remaining three, as soon as the results of the investigation were found from the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency, the women’s criminal investigation team of Jeonnam Police Agency is investigating the related case. “He added. In addition, he said, “part of the passive measures of the officials of the Education Support Office was confirmed and institutional alert measures were decided.”
Vice Minister Park said: “We are also preparing measures to prevent similar incidents from occurring.”
He added: “The Ministry of Education will also strengthen the training of tenured teachers so that schools can actively respond to the problems of sexual violence and sexual violence, and will allow future teachers to complete gender education, such as sexual harassment and education. for the prevention of sexual violence from next year “. .
Reporter Eunbin Kim [email protected]
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