Opinions on the first National Report of Korea on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities students with disabilities were filed with the Commission by the end of 2013. The most frequent complaints among them were about ‘refusal to install a special class (19.6%)’, followed by ‘no provision of reasonable accommodation during classes and tests (16.3%),’ ‘refusal and restriction to admit or transfer (15.5%),’ ‘limited access to and use of facilities (11.1%),’ ‘exclusion from educational activities such as classes (9.0%),’ and ‘bullying of students with disabilities (4.6%)’ in that order. ③ The enforcement decree of the Special Education Act for Persons with Disabilities stipulates that one teacher shall be assigned to every four students with disabilities in special schools and classes. However, the Annual Report on Special Education published by the Ministry of Education in September 2013 stated that the number of students a special education teacher is assigned to take care of has consistently surpassed the standard set forth in the enforcement decree; 5.4 students in 2009, 5.2 in 2010, 5.2 in 2011, 5.1 in 2012 and 5.0 in 2013. ④ The Special Education Act for Persons with Disabilities sets forth the maximum number of students per special class; 4 students in kindergarten, 6 in primary/ middle school and 7 in high school. According to the 2013 Annual Report on Special Education, the average number of students per class in special middle schools was 7.8 in South Jeolla province, 7.2 in Deajeon, 6.6 in Seoul and 6.5 in Incheon as of April 2013. In special high schools, the average number of students per class was 8.8 in Daejeon, 8.5 in South Jeolla province, 8.2 in Incheon and 7.5 in Seoul, again higher than the legal standard. Also in general high schools across the country, special classes had students in excess of the legal standard; 8.2 students in Daegu, 8.1 in Jeju Island, 7.8 in Daejeon and 7.6 in Pusan. ⑤ Pursuant to the Anti-Discrimination against Persons with Disability Act, an educational officer shall designate a department or an administrator to be in charge of supporting students with disabilities to seek and offer reasonable NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 29