Hundreds of thousands of teachers are protesting in South Korea after the suspected suicide of a teacher that was widely blamed on the burden on educators in a country notorious for its high-pressure education system.
Angry teachers say they face overly harsh demands and even harassment from aggrieved parents, and are calling for legal reform and greater protections. Up to 200,000 protesters participated in a rally on Saturday, according to the Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations, citing event organizers.
“Of course, the majority of teachers and parents are good, but some parents abuse this law and sue teachers for child abuse,” said the woman, who said she was an elementary school teacher. Another woman at the strike, who also declined to be named, said she had been teaching for 10 years. “There are so many difficulties in teaching children in the classroom because teachers are not given authority,” she told CNN.
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