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‘Fear of facing students’: South Korea teachers grapple with high rates of abuse and suicide
Last April, a survey by the teachers’ union found that 26.5 per cent of teachers had received counselling or treatment for job-related psychological issues, while a whopping 87 per cent have considered quitting. Experts suggested that the depth of the …