School violence at boarding schools in South Korea has increased 1.7-fold in four years

It has been found that school violence at middle and high schools that operate boarding schools has increased for four consecutive years. On the 22nd, Jeong Seong-guk, a member of the National Assembly's Education Committee, said that the Ministry of Education (Japan
According to a document submitted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology titled "Number of school violence cases reviewed at public boarding schools by city and prefecture for the 2020-2023 academic year," a total of 565 cases were reviewed over the four-year period.
By type of school, 88.3% (499 cases) of all school violence cases occurred in high schools, while junior high schools accounted for 11.7% (66 cases).
By fiscal year, there were 107 cases in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 virus, followed by 20
The number of cases under review has been increasing for four consecutive years, with 112 cases in 2021, 157 cases in 2022, and 189 cases in 2023. Comparing the number of cases under review by region last year, Gangwon Province had 48 cases, the highest number of cases in the country.
This was followed by Gyeongsangbuk-do with 22 cases, Gyeongsangnam-do with 19 cases, Gyeonggi-do with 18 cases, and Jeollanam-do with 19 cases.
The highest number of cases were reported in South Jeolla Province (14 cases), Daegu (13 cases), and Busan (11 cases).