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57. According to the 2016 Current Status of Guaranteeing Students’ Rights in School by
the NHRCK, 65.3% of the 842 teachers and 51.2% of 1,838 parents answered that school
may control the assembly of students when there is a possible limitation of the right to give
lessons or of safety of students. In addition, 15.6% of teachers and 14.3% of parents
answered that students need to get permission from the school in advance to hold an
assembly.
58. The 2017 Current Status of the Rights of Children and Juveniles by the National Youth
Policy Institute showed that 14.2% of the respondents answered that the activities of the
students council were not guaranteed, 11.3% said that the opinion of the students council
were not respected, and 82.8% answered that they have not experienced protest or cultural
events.
2) Questions
59. What is the government’s policy to promote the freedom of expression, association,
and assembly of children at school or in social life?
Issue 21. Protection of Privacy and Protection of Image
1) Current status
60. According to statistics provided by the National Youth Policy Institute, 19.5% of schools
in Korea inspect students’ belongings. The 2016 Current Status of Guaranteeing Students’
Rights in School by the NHRCK showed that 12.9% of 2,616 middle school students, and
21.2% of 3,484 high school students experienced inspection of their belongings without prior
consent. In addition, 11.9% of the middle school students and 11.2% of high school students
answered that student’s personal information such as family background, religion, meal
beneficiary, diseases, infection, and livelihood security beneficiary has been disclosed in
school. Moreover, 12.7% of middle school students and 18.1% of high school students
answered that their schools go public with students’ grades. In addition, middle and high
school students, 30.7% and 47.7% respectively, said that their schools give away
information about gained admission to certain schools.
61. In the same survey, 14.5% of 842 teachers and 13.4% of 1,838 parents have agreed
that school may decide on its own whether to install a security camera on campus.
According to the 2017 Gyeonggi Province Current Status of Students’ Rights, 52.2% of the
respondents answered that installation and operation of the security cameras on campus
tend not to be announced. Security cameras on campus sometimes used to guide or to
discipline the students, e.g. catch smoking.