Shizuoka elementary school teacher forces three children to kneel on the ground; Board of Education considers response. Incident discovered four days later when a parent consulted with her.
School held an emergency parent meeting on the 4th of this month, and the principal and teachers apologized. The Board of education has determined that this is inappropriate guidance that causes anxiety for children, and is considering measures to be taken by the school. Fuminori Akahori, Superintendent of the Shizuoka City Board Of Education, commented, ''It is regrettable that we used inappropriate words to provide instruction"