Iwate High school student suicide "Teacher's reprimand and remarks Despair deepened" July 22, 20:18

Otoshito, a 17-year-old boy student who belonged to the volleyball club of a prefectural high school in Iwate Prefecture committed suicide by leaving a suicide note to show that he was severely reprimanded by an adviser male teacher. The committee has compiled a report stating that the cause of suicide "cannot be denied that the teacher's reprimand and remarks deepened the despair."

Ototoshi In July, a suicide note showing that Tsubasa Shintani (17 at the time), who was a third-year student at the Prefectural Non-Visiting High School in Yanabe Town, who belonged to the volleyball club, was rigorously instructed by an advisor male teacher. I left it and killed myself.

In response to this, a third-party committee made up of experts such as lawyers set up at the request of the bereaved family investigated the causal relationship between the guidance of the adviser and suicide, and reported to the prefectural board of education on the 22nd. I submitted the calligraphy.

According to the report, the advisor's teacher's remarks to Mr. Shintani are for the purpose of imposing the responsibility to lose the game, etc., and in the case of denial of intimidation and personality, it is certified as "beyond the scope of guidance".

On top of that, Mr. Shintani concludes that he could not think of any method other than suicide, and concludes that "the teacher's reprimand and remark could deepen the feeling of despair and isolation."

The school said that the teacher had not given too much guidance until now, but Hiroshi Sato, the superintendent of education of the Iwate Prefectural Board of Education, said, ``As a result of the survey, the response of the former counselor, the school, and the Board of Education was inappropriate. I apologize to Shinya's bereaved family for the first time.

Father "I think I was able to regain my honor by resolving my remorse."

About the report of the third-party committee Satoshi Shintani's father (at that time 17) Satoshi, who committed suicide, held a conference in Morioka city from 5:30 pm on the 22nd.

Mr. Satoshi said, "I would like to thank the members of the committee for conducting a difficult survey for over a year and a half. I think that I was able to recover the honor by clarifying a certain factual relationship and clearing the regrets of Tsubasa." It was.

He added, "During the survey, the relevant teacher remained at the school site and continued to be involved in the guidance of students, and in doing so, interviews with other students and parents were conducted. I think that the inaction of the prefectural board of education is extremely extreme."

He said, "Tsubasa will not return anymore, but I would like to push the educational field for improvement so that similar cases do not occur."