VICTIM BLAMING: Many parents of victims first ask if there was anything their child did to cause a teacher to misunderstand, which can make the kids feel betrayed
Taipei Times
Date: May 08, 2019
By: Rachel Lin and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with staff writer
About 40 elementary, junior-high, senior-high and vocational school teachers are fired
National Parent Education Volunteer Association director-general Wu Fu-pin, left, and parents gathered in front of the Ministry of Education on April 15, calling on the legislature to pass draft amendments to the Teachers’ Act.Photo: Lin Hsiao-yun, Taipei Times
each year for sexually assaulting or harassing students, the Ministry of Education said on Monday.
Last year, there were 83 cases of suspected sexual assault by teachers and 588 cases of sexual harassment, ministry data showed.
The number of cases of teachers sexually assaulting students has risen eightfold from a decade ago, while there has been 16 times the number of sexual harassment cases, the statistics showed.
The power dynamic between teachers and students is unbalanced, K-12 Education Administration Division of Student Affairs and Campus Security head Lin Liang-ching (林良慶) said. [FULL STORY]
