介绍:
China's Ministry of Education has issued a guideline on ethics for university teaching staff which includes a ban on "improper" relationships between teachers and students.
The guideline puts forward seven prohibitions for college teachers, and promises sanctions for those who break the rules.
College staff are banned from sexually harassing students or engaging in improper relationships with them.
The guideline called for good professional ethics from college teachers, warning that those in charge of colleges will be held responsible for staff violations.
One day after the release of the guidelines, scandals involving Wang Xiaojian, a retired associate professor of southwest China's Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, sparked a heated debate online. Pictures circulating on the Internet show him forcibly kissing and sexually harassing two female students in a restaurant.
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(JA) Xiong Bingqi, Vice President of 21st Century Education Research Center says on xhby.net
"Teachers harassing students is a legal issue, not a moral one. It demands the investigation of judicial authorities. Because we have treated the issue only on a moral level, several sexual harassment cases that happened on the Chinese campus have only been dealt within the school. Teachers involved in those cases were only purged from their positions. They haven't been asked for legal liabilities.
(QD) Xian Jiaoping says netease
"I think we need a definition of improper relationships. We must distinguish sexual harassment from normal relationships between teachers and students. It's impossible to ban both sides to have relationships. And whether in reality or history, relationships between teachers and students do exist and some even have become romantic anecdotes."
(LY) Wu Dongping says on rednet.cn
Sexual harassment cases have been happening in Chinese colleges and they have damaged the reputation of teachers. I think the guidelines came out very timely.
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Notes:
Under the guidelines, favoritism; irregularities in enrollment, examinations and student recommendations; and asking for or receiving gratuities from students or parents will also be punished.
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(QD) Gu Yun, a commentator says on beijingtimes.com.cn
"We need a special law dedicated to sexual harassment on campus. Wang Xiaojian has got his punishment from his school. But one thing I want to ask is: will the school act so promptly if the case hasn't been put under the media spotlight? So we need a law on this so that whenever such cases happen, students will know how to protect themselves and schools will know which law article they can refer to.
(JA) Wang Jie, says on bjnew.com.cn
"I am afraid that without any legal reinforcement schools would keep sexual harassment cases to themselves and wouldn't release relevant information to the public. So apart from the guidelines, the Ministry of Education also needs to establish mechanisms through which the public are able to report such cases."
(LY) Dai Xianren says on bjnews.com.cn
"Teachers are the stronger side on campus compared to students. To ban improper relationships between teachers and students is a good way to protect students."
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