（2） The Teacher's Act has specified the operation of the teachers’ professional review committee, the introduction of external professional members, and the lowering of the threshold for the resolution of the committee, to improve the mechanism for handling incompetent teachers. The NHRC will continue to monitor the implementation of the zero corporal punishment policy and the phase-out mechanism for incompetent teachers. School Bullying 82. Teacher-to-student bullying: §§15, 134 and 135, Attachments 5-28 and 5-29, and §54 of the Concluding Observations on the Initial Report. According to MOE statistics, 61 verbal bullying is the most common form of teacher-to-student bullying. 83. Student-to-student bullying: Children’s forums revealed that studentto-student bullying on campus often targets specific groups, including LGBTQI students and students with disabilities. Children believe the main reason is that schools have not really implemented gender equality education and anti-bullying education, so schools should raise awareness about anti-discrimination especially among younger students in the 1st and 2nd grades. 84. Recommendations: （1） To combat teacher-to-student bullying, the Government should address the increasing problem of verbal bullying and psychological violence, take preventive measures as soon as possible, and refer to UNESCO's 2006 Guide62 to help teachers replace competition and negative reinforcement with integration, acceptance, and friendly learning in classroom management, in order to change the competitive culture in schools and classes and reduce the likelihood of bullying. （2） For student-to-student bullying, the Government can promote the successful experience of restorative justice in schools in due course, so that schools are aware of a variety of dispute resolution options when managing classroom and dealing with campus 61 62 From July to December 2020, 590 suspected bullying cases (including 52 teacher-to-student cases and 538 student-to-student cases) were reported; 122 cases (including 0 teacher-to-student case and 122 student-to-student cases) were verified after investigation. Of teacher-to-student abuse, the majority was verbal bullying (50 cases, 96.2%). Same as footnote 60. 43