CNEWS Convergence News Network reporter Qiu Xichen/Reporting from Taipei
An incident of a special education student beating a teacher in a high school in Taipei City has attracted attention from all walks of life. From 2009 to 2022, although the total number of students has shrunk by nearly 20%, the number of special education students has not decreased but has increased. The proportion of special education students has increased from 1.88 % increased to 2.85%, an increase of as much as 50%; some legislators believe that Article 9 of the “Special Education Law” regulates the special education budget floor of 4.5% for local governments and 5% for the central government. It needs to keep pace with the times and has already Start practicing the law.
Regarding the case of a student assaulting a teacher in Beishi City, legislator Luo Zhiqiang said that when he first questioned Education Minister Pan Wenzhong, he reflected that the government should establish a reasonable and effective school security mechanism to avoid the escalation of conflicts or crises, and also called for the revision of the Student Counseling Law. , strengthening students’ psychological consultation mechanism was also recognized by Minister Pan.
Luo Zhiqiang pointed out that due to the decline in children and social changes, although the total number of students has shrunk by nearly 20% from 2009 to 2022, the number of special education students has increased instead of decreasing, from 95,486 to 117,185, an increase of 22.7%; in When the number of students decreased and the number of special education students increased, the proportion of special education students increased from 1.88% to 2.85%, an increase of 50%. He said that the current provisions of the “Special Education Law” stipulate that the special education budget for the central government shall not be less than 4.5% of the current year’s education director’s budget, and the local government shall not be less than 5%. This ratio was established more than 10 years ago, and it is necessary Start practicing law.
“Judging from the data, Article 9 of the Special Education Law regulates 4.5% of local government and 5% of central government floors. It needs to keep pace with the times and adjust upward to 6.75% and 7.5%.” Luo Zhiqiang analyzed that it is sufficient and reasonable Only through budget can we improve the current problems of insufficient special education resources and poor treatment of special education teachers. He also pointed out that the number of special education students has grown, but the number of students with physical disabilities such as intelligence, vision, hearing, language and physical disabilities has actually dropped significantly. On the contrary, the proportion of students with emotional and behavioral, autism or learning disabilities has increased significantly. 35% grew to 67.3%.
Luo Zhiqiang believes that rethinking special education policies and psychological and emotional education and counseling are definitely top priorities. He hopes that through this unfortunate incident, society will have more space to discuss the reform of special education. He also attaches more importance to the rights and interests of special education students and hopes to complete relevant legislative amendments, fill the loopholes in the current education safety net, and allow the government to assume more responsibilities to reduce pressure on schools and families of special education students.
“If the working rights and interests of special education assistants can be protected by complete policies and systems, we can kill three birds with one stone.” Legislator Hong Mengkai pointed out that first, taking into account the rights and interests of special education students, the students’ growth process will not be without Special teachers accompany them; secondly, the normal learning rights of ordinary students are ensured, and the special discipline problems of some classroom members are minimized; thirdly, the basic dignity of special education front-line workers is returned.
Hong Mengkai believes that professional manpower is definitely not disposable chopsticks. The central government should consider subsidizing local governments through budget planning of public services and special funds to implement the “school-year employment system for special education assistants” to avoid insecurity of tenure. Or become unemployed in disguise during the informal semester.
A former parent association president of an elementary school in New Taipei City suggested that when schools have limited funds, it is sometimes difficult to meet parents’ expectations for the amount of special education accompanies hired. Perhaps outside resources, the user-pays principle, etc. can be introduced, and discussions can be open. She also mentioned that front-line teachers in schools often find that some children need to be identified, but many parents are unwilling to face it. In the end, it is the teachers who bear the subsequent pressure, which requires more attention from the outside world to improve the current situation.
Photo source: Microsoft Bing AI, Luo Zhiqiang and Hong Mengkai Facebook
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