Legislative Review Deadline for School Affairs Conference Approaches, National Federation of Teachers' Unions Urges Immediate Review
The National Federation of Teachers' Unions (全教總) urged the Legislative Yuan's Education and Culture Committee to immediately review amendments related to the School Affairs Conference, as the deadline for committee review is approaching. They called for the repeal or remand of these "bad laws" which they believe undermine teachers' professional development.
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(Central News Agency reporter Chen Chih-hsuan, Taipei, 5th) The controversy surrounding abusive lawsuits on campuses has recently become a hot topic in education. The National Federation of Teachers' Unions (全教總) held a press conference today, pointing out that the deadline for committee review of amendments related to the School Affairs Conference is approaching, and urged the Legislative Yuan's Education and Culture Committee to immediately schedule a review to repeal or remand these "bad laws" for re-drafting.
侯俊良 (Hou Chun-liang), chairman of the National Federation of Teachers' Unions (全教總), stated at a press conference in Taipei today that on January 23, the Legislative Yuan delivered the Ministry of Education's revised "Regulations on Dismissal, Non-renewal of Appointment, Suspension, or Retrenchment of Teachers in Senior High Schools and Below" and "Regulations on Performance Appraisal of Teachers in Public Senior High Schools and Below" to the Education and Culture Committee for substantive review. According to the Legislative Yuan's internal rules, the review should be completed within three months after being delivered to the committee, and the deadline is now approaching.
Hou Chun-liang stated that the "Regulations on Dismissal" has caused strong backlash among frontline teachers. It not only has the problem of "overlapping structures" but also transforms the observation mechanism, originally intended to promote professional development in teaching, into a tool for administrative monitoring, leading grassroots teachers into the quagmire of defensive teaching.
Yeh Ming-cheng, executive director of 全教總's Professional Development Center, worried that when classrooms are no longer spaces for professional autonomy but places where legal and administrative investigations can intervene at any time, teachers will be forced to abandon innovative teaching for fear of being easily blamed.
全教總 also mentioned that the trend of "making a mountain out of a molehill" is prevalent on campuses, where minor parent-teacher misunderstandings are often elevated to "School Affairs Conference" investigations, leading to the exhaustion of administrative energy. And Article 9-1 of the new amended regulations still reserves space for anonymous complaints to intervene, which may affect the foundation of mutual trust on campus.
To avoid these bad laws from harming campuses again, 全教總 suggested that the Legislative Yuan's Education and Culture Committee should make a resolution to "repeal" or "remand for re-drafting." Only by establishing a mechanism that adheres to the principle of proportionality, incorporates professional counseling, and effectively filters out abusive lawsuits, can the earnest expectations of the education frontline be met, and a teaching environment of mutual trust and professional dignity be restored to teachers and students. (Editor: Li Heng-shan) 1150505
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侯俊良 (Hou Chun-liang), chairman of the National Federation of Teachers' Unions (全教總), stated at a press conference in Taipei today that on January 23, the Legislative Yuan delivered the Ministry of Education's revised "Regulations on Dismissal, Non-renewal of Appointment, Suspension, or Retrenchment of Teachers in Senior High Schools and Below" and "Regulations on Performance Appraisal of Teachers in Public Senior High Schools and Below" to the Education and Culture Committee for substantive review. According to the Legislative Yuan's internal rules, the review should be completed within three months after being delivered to the committee, and the deadline is now approaching.
Hou Chun-liang stated that the "Regulations on Dismissal" has caused strong backlash among frontline teachers. It not only has the problem of "overlapping structures" but also transforms the observation mechanism, originally intended to promote professional development in teaching, into a tool for administrative monitoring, leading grassroots teachers into the quagmire of defensive teaching.
Yeh Ming-cheng, executive director of 全教總's Professional Development Center, worried that when classrooms are no longer spaces for professional autonomy but places where legal and administrative investigations can intervene at any time, teachers will be forced to abandon innovative teaching for fear of being easily blamed.
全教總 also mentioned that the trend of "making a mountain out of a molehill" is prevalent on campuses, where minor parent-teacher misunderstandings are often elevated to "School Affairs Conference" investigations, leading to the exhaustion of administrative energy. And Article 9-1 of the new amended regulations still reserves space for anonymous complaints to intervene, which may affect the foundation of mutual trust on campus.
To avoid these bad laws from harming campuses again, 全教總 suggested that the Legislative Yuan's Education and Culture Committee should make a resolution to "repeal" or "remand for re-drafting." Only by establishing a mechanism that adheres to the principle of proportionality, incorporates professional counseling, and effectively filters out abusive lawsuits, can the earnest expectations of the education frontline be met, and a teaching environment of mutual trust and professional dignity be restored to teachers and students. (Editor: Li Heng-shan) 1150505
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