A record-high 5,400 public school teachers took sick leave due to psychological trouble in the 2008 academic year, up 405 from the previous year, and the 16th straight yearly increase, an education ministry survey showed Friday.
The figure is eight times higher than in the 1979 academic year, when the ministry started collecting the data.
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