Tears at the sunrise seen in the staff room-500 SOS from teachers and family-June 17, 17:29

"Every Saturday, I see the sunrise from the staff room,"

said a female teacher.

She is said to go to work early in the morning to work in order to be compatible with childcare.

"I fell into an aqueduct and died while I was tired."

A male teacher said that it was the "principal's friendship" to avoid interviews with industrial physicians to falsify overtime hours.

He has died and is now on leave due to depression.

I knew that the school teachers would have a hard time, but so far ...

What are the 500 tragic complaints sent to NHK's information service "News Post" and the "reason for not being able to quit"?

"My son seems to be dying." "Are you going to kill your husband?"

A man from a former teacher in Shiga Prefecture,

"I fell asleep in the bath after returning home, and my mouth was soaked in hot water and I woke up several times.

The bath was cold and I thought I wouldn't die if I wasn't good at it.

I saw many times that the vice-rector was dented behind the desk.

It is common sense that teachers work hard among young children.

That's right, so it can't be helped.

I think it's natural that there are no teachers. "

It was at the end of April that nearly 500 posts were sent to NHK's information service "News Post" overnight.

It was just after the NHK program "Close-up Gendai" reported the harsh working conditions of teachers and the serious impact of the shortage of teachers.

Close-up Gendai "Is your teacher okay? Teacher's overwork What's the end?"

Not only the teacher himself, but also his family, and the parents of the children and students, voiced the urgent reality one after another.

My son is a teacher's mother in her 50s.

"My son is also a teacher at a private high school in Saitama prefecture.

I work from morning till late at night without having time to eat lunch every day.

It seems to be killing my life and I can't really see it.

Yesterday, I took off my suit and didn't get up until morning.

I slept more than dinner.

Anyway, I really want to ask for improvement. "

My husband is a woman in her 30s who is a junior high school teacher

.

I'm not at home on Saturdays and Sundays because of club activities!

However, there is no overtime or holiday commuting allowance!

Looking at her husband as a wife, I can't hide my resentment at this way of working!

Are you going to kill your husband?

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My wife is a junior high school teacher in her 50s

.

She doesn't have time to get involved with her children and her family, and her home is a family collapse. "

In addition to the harsh work, teachers at public schools are not paid overtime or holiday allowances no matter how much they work under the law called "Payment Special Law", and it is also called "unlimited work for a fixed amount" from the field and experts.

There was also a sad content that exceeded our expectations that should have conveyed the actual situation.

What the hell are you doing on the weekend watching the sunrise in the staff room?

"Every Saturday, I see the sunrise from the staff room,"

said one person who posted, Aya (a pseudonym), a 40-year-old elementary school teacher in Kanagawa Prefecture.

She is raising a five-year-old daughter while dealing with her husband (41), an elementary school teacher.

On weekdays, Aya picks up her daughter at the nursery school at 5:30 pm and prepares for housework and dinner after returning home.

At 8 pm her husband went home for dinner.

It's the only time for three family members.

However, her husband goes to school again for the rest of the work.

At her husband's school, three teachers took a leave of absence last year, increasing the burden, and it seems that the date may change on the way home.

Aya, who sent her husband out, was exhausted and went to bed with her child lying down.

And at 3:30 am, Aya got up because of the overtime she brought back.

She reads the notebooks for 35 students, writes comments, prepares for class, and then goes to work.

Meanwhile, her husband is responsible for breakfast and sending the child to the nursery.

This is not the end.

Aya who got up at 3:30 on Saturday morning went to school.

She still has work that she can't take home, such as preparing materials for school lunch allergies and arranging for examination of reading impressions.

In the afternoon, her husband went to school with a baton touch.

As her daughter begins her nap, Aya also begins preparing for her lessons.

A couple passing schedule that started after 18 years of teaching experience and childcare leave.

It is said that there are times when I am at a loss as to how long I will be able to work this way.

Aya-san (pseudonym)

"Every time I see a sunrise at school on Saturday, I wonder what I'm working for. I'm crying. It's

hard to see what teachers should do . When I

was

young, my parents complained when I wasn't prepared enough, and I couldn't get rid of my teaching material research, but to be honest, it's already tough.

I'm worried about how long I can hit my body. "

Analyzing 500 SOS cases ... Is it tampered with by the "principal's intimacy"?

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What kind of complaints are there for the 500 SOS received?

We tried to visualize the number of words received using a technique called "word cloud".

Following the words "on-site" and "work", the words "overtime" and "management" stand out.

As I read them one by one, I also saw the content that "managers" would ask me to correct "overtime hours".

A man in his 40s, who was the chief of education, was transported by emergency in mid-December last year.

He was being treated at the hospital when he woke up.

A passerby reported that he was faint in the irrigation canal, and was told that he could have been frozen or drowned if discovered late.

He believes it was due to his reliance on drinking due to the stress of overwork, but says his true work record has not been tampered with.

For example, last April.

In addition to the chief academic affairs, the man was also in a special support class, and overtime was about 130 hours, but all the work input on Saturdays and Sundays was erased and it was cut to less than 80 hours.

It is said that such an email arrived from the vice-rector of the manager.

"It is the principal's wish to arrange the time at school."

"If it is over, I do not want to take more time from the teachers who are already busy at interviews and going to the hospital. increase"

The man who was the chief of education is now on leave due to depression.

Even though I am an examinee, the track and field club is abolished due to three self-study teachers taking leave ...

And, in this 500 cases, there was a voice saying that "the learning and activities of children are adversely affected".

Public junior high school / teacher

"One teacher is not enough, and self-study is continuing.

The new appointment is the subject chief ... Still, the situation seems to be better than in the neighboring schools. "

Mother in her 50s in Tokyo

"There is a teacher who is absent even in junior high school for middle school children.

Another teacher will come at that time, but I haven't been able to move on.

It is a self-study, such as a retrospective print.

Children are taking exams, and anxiety is increasing. "

"The teachers took a leave of absence one after another, and finally the principal also took a leave of absence. The school did not go around and the track and field club was abolished,"

said a 24-year-old female teacher who works at a public junior high school.

She says that dealing with some students and parents is a burden, affecting her other students.

A 24-year-old female teacher said,

"Every classroom has a cleaning tool case. There are students who hit me. When

I instructed, my parents yelled at me," My child is not bad. "... Until after 23:00, in front of the staff entrance. I was protesting, everyone couldn't go home, and I called the police and was finally released. "

It is said that the teachers worked hard together to that extent.

However, after the summer vacation, two people are on leave.

Eventually, I fell into a situation where even the principal was on leave.

The substitute part-time faculty members were not entrusted with club activities and event management, and the burden on the remaining faculty members only increased.

So the school decided to abolish the track and field club.

A 24-year-old female teacher

said, "I was told that the number of members was small, and the students were crying all the time.

I feel sorry for the students to feel unpleasant because of adult circumstances ... Is this the reality of the school?"

What is the movement of the country?

Club activity reform has begun, but ...

Some people said that the club activities themselves were a heavy burden, and there were 136 words "club activities" in the 500 posts.

From next year (2023), the national government plans to gradually shift club activities on junior high school holidays to local sports clubs in order to improve the working styles of teachers.

This month, the Japan Sports Agency's Council of Experts submitted recommendations on issues such as securing leaders and subsidizing membership fees for needy families.

The Japan Sports Agency is planning to consider budget measures.

In addition to outsourcing and scrapping work that can be done not only by club activities but also by non-teachers, we request the revision of the "Special Salary Law" that stipulates that overtime and holiday allowances will not be paid instead of adding 4% to the salary of public school teachers. There were also many voices.

"It was fun!" I wanted to hear that voice

Aya, an elementary school teacher, wakes up at 3:30 every morning to prepare for class.

Every day I continue to raise children and teach while wearing down her physical strength.

Still, he says that the reason why he can't quit his teacher is because of the words from the children who spent a year together in class.

Aya-san (pseudonym)

"A classroom is a place where you spend a lot of time in a day. By

getting up early every morning, reading the children's notebooks, and continuing to send the message," I'm looking at you properly, "the children It may be worthwhile if it leads to a sense of security.

When the children said "I enjoyed this class" at the end of the year, I was relieved and I'm glad I was a teacher. Let's do our best next year. I think! "

Some people have quit their jobs as teachers to support the teachers who work hard.

"I retired from an elementary school teacher who had been working for about 20 years until March and started a business.

From now on, I thought I would be the one who supports the teacher from the outside. "

Ms. Mikako Tanaka of Nara Prefecture who posted so.

While working as an elementary school teacher for 20 years, the teachers lose their time due to minor problems such as "I don't know what to wear in the swimming class" and "I can't get the tools I need in the class". I have seen many.

From that experience, I decided to launch a "mail order site with goods exclusively for teachers".

The business was recognized in the entrepreneurship contest in Nara prefecture, and the site is scheduled to open this summer.

She asks her husband, an active elementary school teacher, about the current situation and is looking for ways to reduce the burden on her teachers.

Ms. Mikako Tanaka

"I myself was worried about long working hours, and it was natural for my colleagues to take leave. For the

teacher, I have enough time to create fun and easy-to-understand lessons and to interact with children. I want you to take it. I would like

to create an environment where teachers can demonstrate their abilities by reducing the burden on teachers even a little. "

So that the teacher can laugh

Although I was able to introduce only a few voices this time, I thought that the 500 SOS had various positions and worries, and I was reminded of the complexity and depth of the problem.

There were only voices that made me feel that the Japanese school site might not have anymore if the national, local government, region, home, school site, and the whole group had to start working immediately to solve the problem.

The interview team will continue to convey this issue so that the teachers can make an educational setting where they can laugh with their children from the bottom of their hearts.

Please contact NHK's information service "News Post" for information on the harsh conditions, improvement measures you are working on, successful scrapping operations, and examples of successful cooperation with the local community.

NHK Information Service News Post

Naohiro Togano

, Reporter of the Social Affairs Department

My

parents are former teachers and have a middle and high school teacher's license (society / citizen).

Gifu Broadcasting Station reporter

Yuki Yoshikawa

School rules issues and club activity reforms are also being covered

Director of Social Program Department

Morisuke Fujita

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