should take stock of existing policies in accordance with the fourphase action plan of the World Programme for Human Rights
Education, and draw up specific plans on how to provide human
rights education as required by the CRC.
(2) The MOE should develop a "human rights-based" curriculum
instead of integrating human rights issues into the existing
curriculum, and at the same time strive to promote children's
rights in schools and improve the human rights environment on
campus.
Issue 21 Rights to Rest, Leisure and Participate in Cultural Life
Sleep in Adolescents & Normalization of Teaching
113. According to a study by the Institute of Population Health Sciences, 87
NHRI, the average number of hours of sleep for adolescents in Taiwan
is 7.12 hours on school days, and the hours tend to decrease when
students get older. The higher the grade level, the more likely it is to
have daytime drowsiness due to sleep deprivation, which affects
learning and growth. Although the MOE announced in September 2022
that senior high school students could arrive at the school at 8:00a.m.,
which is later than before, it did not push back start times for junior high
school students. Private school students often spend up to 14 hours in
school (7:30-21:30) and still have homework to complete at home.
Long hours of study and excessive text transcribing as punishment are
both causes of sleep deprivation among teenagers.
114. Referring to §288 of the Second Report, the NHRC learned from
children and focus groups that there are problems in teaching: sessions
for non-assessment subjects are used to teach assessment subjects, and
new content is taught in the 8th period and students cannot opt out,
which is not in line with the regulations and the curriculum guideline.
Based on the corrective measures88 proposed by the Control Yuan, the
NHRC found that among the 2,421 schools visited by local
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Chang, H.Y., Institute of Population Health Sciences (NHRI). Adolescent Sleep: Causes and Effects.
https://issuu.com/pdis.tw/docs/_.pdf.pptx_7a67c78969046b
The Control Yuan investigation report approved on Jul 15, 2021. (Normalization Of Teaching And
Learning)
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