To fight increasing student delinquency and violence of recent years, an Education Ministry council submitted a report Tuesday urging schools to take a firm stance against serious crimes and to seek specialized assistance from other organizations.
The report, resulting from council discussions on student behavior, points out that schools can no longer single-handedly cope with the new trend of juvenile delinquency, which has both increased in frequency and changed in character.
Habitually disruptive students used to be responsible for most of the misconduct in schools. Recently, however, students who don't appear to have problems have unexpectedly committed more heinous wrongdoings.