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 32

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