NHK says that 40% of prefectures are reviewing the school rules of public high schools, while excessive school rules such as submitting a "ground hair certificate" that allows students to prove their natural hair color are becoming a problem. I found out in the survey.
On the other hand, many schools still have school rules such as "designation of underwear color" and "certificate of hair", and it is expected that the school rules will be reviewed further.
Regarding the school rules, the momentum for reviewing the school rules has increased in various places since a girl student at a prefectural high school in Osaka filed a complaint over hair guidance four years ago. We notify the whole country to actively review it according to common sense and the times.
By last month, NHK conducted a questionnaire survey on the school rules of public high schools to the boards of education of 47 prefectures nationwide.
As a result, the Board of Education
answered that ▼ "reviewed" the school rules was 14 in Gifu and Saga prefectures, and
▼ "planned to be reviewed" was 5,
accounting for 40% of
the
prefectures.
In addition to this,
▼ more than half of the respondents answered that there is a movement to review each school,
indicating that the movement toward review is spreading nationwide.
When asked about the reasons for the review in multiple answers, the most common was ▼ "Rising public opinion" 18,
▼ "Notice of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" 13,
▼ "Requests from the field such as students and parents" 11,
▼ "Trial over hair guidance at Osaka Prefectural High School" was 7,
etc.
On the other hand, 25 prefectures answered that there are schools that require them to submit a "ground hair certificate" that certifies their natural hair color, and there are 272 schools that the Board of Education only knows, and they have unusual hairstyles. For that reason, there are at least 208 schools in 30 prefectures that are "two-block prohibited" and 25 prefectures that "specify the color of underwear", at least 181 schools.
Many boards of education have responded that they are planning to review these school rules because of human rights issues, and it is expected that the school rules will be reviewed further in the future.
In Kumamoto City, students take the initiative in reviewing school rules
Kumamoto Prefecture responded to the survey that "there is a movement to review each school."
Of these, in Kumamoto City, efforts to review school rules have begun at all schools from this year, with children and students taking the lead at the request of the Board of Education.
Last year, the Kumamoto City Board of Education conducted a questionnaire survey of children, students, faculty and staff, and parents of all schools as part of school reform, and as a result, one in three children and students said, "School rules need to be reviewed. It means that he answered.
In response to this, the Board of Education held a roundtable discussion with students, teachers, and parents online, and after gathering opinions, provided each school with guidelines for reviewing school rules.
In this, "School rules are established within a necessary and rational range", and in order to revise school rules that cannot respect the innate nature and sexual diversity, and to foster children's independence, children and students Has set up a place to think about school rules and asks them to review them at least once a year.
As a result, discussions aimed at reviewing school rules centered on children and students have begun all at once from this year at all elementary and junior high schools and 137 high schools in Kumamoto City.
Of these, at Shirakawa Junior High School in the center of Kumamoto City, a committee was set up to review the school rules, with more than 20 student representatives, including student association officers and class representatives from each class, and teachers and parents. rice field.
At the first meeting held in July, we exchanged opinions about the "uncomfortable feeling" that we had in our normal school life.
Among them, one boy pointed out that "it may be strange that boys do not have a changing room to change clothes in physical education classes," while a girl student also said, "Genderless shouts." In the midst of being exposed, we should change the situation where only girls are treated specially. "
There are occasions when opinions are divided, and while the opportunity for ventilation is increasing due to the influence of the new corona, in winter, women's winter clothes are only allowed to be worn in the classroom as a box coat or a windbreaker for club activities. However, another student said, "Because it is thick, it is difficult to bend my arms and it is difficult to write letters, I want you to accept a wide range of other jackets." That's enough. "
At the school, we will continue discussions with students and will compile a proposal to review the school rules within this year.
A second-year female student who participated in the discussion said, "I have some doubts about the school rules, and I think it's worthwhile to protect them because I decide the school rules myself, so I'm glad I had the opportunity to discuss them."
In addition, Ryohei Kawazoe, the student council president in the third grade, said, "I learned that each student has a different way of thinking about school rules, so I would like to make the scope of regulation by school rules meaningful."
Principal Hideki Ohashi, who watched the discussion, said, "The review of school rules is an effort that overturns the conventional wisdom of school sites, and it is a very good subject that makes use of the independence of students." I would like you to take this opportunity to become aware of political issues, inconveniences and discrimination around you, and to acquire the ability to express your own opinions and resolve them. "
The specific content of the school rule review
We asked the boards of education of 45 prefectures, who answered that they had "reviewed", "planned to review", and "there is a movement to review the school rules" as the board of education, about the specific details of their efforts.
▼ The most common answer was "conduct a questionnaire survey"
regarding
awareness and actual conditions of school rules for the review, and 30 of the prefectures
▼ "requested to encourage students' own discussions" regarding the review at each school. 28,
▼ "Issue notification as a board of education" was 26,
▼ "Request for publication of school rules" was 17,
▼ "Request for abolition of specific school rules" was 7.
Gifu Prefecture, which responded that it had "reviewed", is implementing all of these, and as a school rule requesting abolition, "the act of confirming compliance with rules such as specifying the color of underwear itself may become a new human rights issue." And "things that the school needs permission or approval for things in the student's private life".
In addition, we are making it possible to select both men's and women's uniforms.
Currently, some local governments are investigating the actual situation of school rules and will review the results in the future.
School rules review "good" many
We asked 40 boards of education who answered that they had "reviewed" or "there is a movement to review each school" as a prefectural board of education about the school rules of public high schools.
When asked how to evaluate the results of the review, among the answers,
▼ "I'm glad I reviewed" was 29,
▼ "I can't say either" was only two, and
▼ "It wasn't good." There was no place to answer.
Regarding whether there was an adverse effect such as school ruin,
▼ "No" was 16,
▼ "I can't say either" was 11,
▼ No one answered that there was an adverse effect.
In addition, regarding positive effects such as increased student independence,
▼ "was" was 15,
▼ "neither" was 14, and
▼ "not" was not answered.
When reviewing the school rules, the points that I found difficult were "I am concerned about gaining understanding from parents and the community" and "The school rules that are suspected of infringing human rights have not been sufficiently reviewed, and are common among faculty and staff. There was also a board of education that said, "I don't understand it."
Difficulty and significance of review
In this questionnaire survey, we also heard about the difficulty of reviewing school rules and the significance of the review.
As for the difficulty, "While the faculty and staff are busy, it is difficult to foster the independence of children and review it in consideration of the social background." In some cases, it was not possible to permeate the intention of the review with the guidance of. "
In addition, some boards of education are worried about the progress of the review, and they say, "I'm worried that it will be a disadvantage to the students when considering the image and values of the students that the place of employment or school wants." There is concern that encouraging students will lead to excessive freedom and affect the educational significance of school rules. "
On the other hand, the Board of Education, which is feeling the response, said, "It seems that the school is worried about the adverse effects of the review, but there are no reports at this time." I was able to reconfirm the perspective of "thinking about social independence". "
Expert "I want to see a very big change positively"
Associate Professor Ryo Uchida of Nagoya University Graduate School, who is familiar with school problems, said, "School rules became stricter around the 1980s when there was school violence, and gradually became stricter nationwide. School rules are from children's heads to toes. The current situation is that the school is managed from the inside to the outside, but the fact that schools and local governments have finally begun to review due to rising public opinion is a very big change and I would like to see it positively. School rules, which appear to be a violation of human rights, must be changed as soon as possible. "
Regarding the fact that many respondents took the results of the review positively, "The reason why the strict school rules have been maintained for a long time was the anxiety that the school must be rough as soon as the school rules are loosened. The answer is that the school is not rough even after reviewing the school rules, and we are seeing good points such as increased independence. The school rules so far have been a mechanism for teachers to manage deviated children, but that is not the case. Both teachers and children need a system to live their school life with mutual trust. I hope that efforts will be expanded to increase the momentum for reviewing school rules. "