Teachers’ groups are divided into “welcome” and “condemn” over the abolition of the Seoul Student Human Rights Ordinance.

The Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations issued a statement today regarding the abolition of the Seoul Student Human Rights Ordinance and welcomed it, saying, “It is a self-inflicted result of the enactment of the Student Human Rights Ordinance, which excessively emphasized student rights.”

In addition, “Currently, students’ rights and human rights are protected and guaranteed by the current Constitution, the Basic Education Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and school regulations, regardless of the existence of the Student Human Rights Ordinance,” and the abolition of the Student Human Rights Ordinance means that “student human rights protection laws will disappear.” “No,” he explained.

On the other hand, the ‘Seoul Student Human Rights Protection Committee’, in which about 260 civic groups, including the Seoul branch of the National Teachers and Education Workers Union, participated, said, “Only the sophistry that student human rights create spoiled students has been represented,” and “The People Power Party of Seoul, which has trampled on the human rights of Seoul students,” said “We are impeaching the lawmakers in the name of Seoul citizens and students,” he condemned.

The Engineering Committee criticized the City Council for ignoring these procedures and committing ‘violence’ at a time when the City Council’s Education Committee is currently reviewing the proposal to abolish the Student Human Rights Ordinance, and a lawsuit has been filed to accept and invalidate the proposal and the Seoul Administrative Court is reviewing the illegality of the proposal. .

The Seoul City Council held the 3rd plenary session of the 323rd Extraordinary Session today and submitted the ‘Seoul City Student Human Rights Ordinance Abolition Ordinance’ and passed it with the approval of all 60 members present.

City council members from the Democratic Party of Korea who opposed the proposal did not participate in the vote.

Seoul is the second city to have the Student Human Rights Ordinance abolished, following South Chungcheong Province.