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Korean teacher supports corporal punishment ban

By Sat, Jul 02, 2011 9:49AM UTC View Comments

Original article in Korean is at this link. 46-year-old Park Jeong-hwan, director of student development at Chungmu Elementary School in the city of Tongyeong in Gyeongsangnam-do, where he has worked for 21 years and guided students for 17 years, said: “When the students are there, the teacher has to be everywhere… if teachers invest time...

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Philippines: Teachers, students to hold summit on education reforms

By Thu, Feb 10, 2011 1:33AM UTC View Comments Students of the University of the Philippines last year held a strike against President Aquino's "budget cuts". Photo by LFS.ph.

With school year 2010-2011 soon to wind down and the Philippines braces for the next one, stakeholders led by educators and students are set to sit down in a People’s Summit on Education Reforms on Feb. 11 in Manila. The summit will be held at the Philippine Normal University, the country’s top producer of teachers,...

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