complaints involving how teachers give counseling and impose
discipline, in order to understand the patterns of improper
discipline by teachers.
(2) The Ministry should incorporate the right of students and
complainants to know and to be heard into the complaint and
appeal process regarding teachers' counseling and disciplinary
measures, so that they can fully express their opinions and be
informed of the investigation report and the outcome of the
process.
(3) The NHRC notes that current laws and regulations pertaining to
student rights are mostly for high schools. The NHRC calls on
the Government to expedite the addition of a special chapter on
student rights to the relevant legislation for primary and
secondary schools.
(4) The Government should promote the rights of primary and
secondary school students to participate in campus affairs, and
the NHRC will pay special attention to the mechanism of student
participation in campus affairs in private schools and the
implementation of students' rights to express their views on
campus.
Rights to Know and to be Heard for Students with Disabilities
59. Referring to §73 of the Second Report and Attachment 3-12, and
according to statistics on children's participation in local government
meetings to promote children's welfare and rights from 2017 to 2020,
the percentage of children with disabilities serving as children
representatives in local governments ranged from 1.14% to 2.76%,
which is comparable to the percentage of children with disabilities in
the total children population. However, at the county/city levels, there
are no more than 5 counties and cities where children with disabilities
serve as children representatives. In 2019, none of the Committees for
the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in MOHW and
each city/country included children with disabilities as children
representatives, which clearly does not fully protect and respect the
right to be heard for children with disabilities. (See §35 of NHRC's
Independent Opinions on the Second National Report of Republic of
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