underpins the need to provide consistent service to both the victims and the offenders of
child abuse. The Periodic Report proposes more training and education programs for the
people responsible for reporting child abuse cases, including teachers, medical
professionals and the employees in child welfare facilities (para. 252), but the 2009
publication released by the National Child Protection Agency shows that people who
are not responsible for reporting child abuse takes up a much larger percentage (69.1%)
than those with the reporting obligation (30.9%) in the total reported cases of child
abuse.
60. The Government, first of all, needs to draw up the measures to prevent
the cases of neglect and psychological abuse (two types of child abuse) and
strengthen the programs for the victims and offenders of child abuse to prevent
repeated abuse. Second, it should take actions to increase the proportion of those
with the obligation to report child abuse in the total reported cases of child abuse
(for example, by banning victimization of the reporters and protecting their
personal status).
Ⅵ. Basic Health and Welfare
(Articles 6, 18 (3), 23, 24, 26 and 27 (1)~(3))
1. Children with Disabilities (Article 23 of CRC)
Education and Caregiving for Children with Disabilities (CRC/C/KOR/3-4 para.
288~292, 310, and 311)
61. This means that disabled children and non-disabled children are still
segregated in educational settings. The number of disabled children who are to be
placed in ordinary classes is on the rise (the number increased by 1,704, respectively in
2008 and 2009) but there is an acute shortage of teachers with special education because
the requirement for recruitment of those qualified teachers is only applicable to the
schools with special classes. The number of children with disabilities who are placed in
ordinary classes keeps growing (by approximately 1,700, respectively in 2008 and
2009), but there is an acute shortage of specially trained teachers for integrated
education. It is because the requirement for recruitment of those qualified teachers is
only applicable to the schools with special classes. What is worse, the students in
special classes are not offered other supports than special teachers or teaching assistants,
and the students with disabilities in ordinary classes do not even have access to special
teachers or teaching assistants. According to the 2010 Handbook on the National
Special Education, the national average of the schools with special classes in
municipalities and provinces that are equipped with the conveniences for students with
disabilities recorded merely 41.1%.
62. Onsite education programs are organized to support children with
total
4,330
5,764
6,659
7,329
8,034
7,795
8,350
8,466
* Source: Ministry of Health and Welfare, The 2010 Report on the National Status of Child Abuse, 2011
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