Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers

Japanese: 教員の地位に関する勧告 - きょういんのちいにかんするかんこく
Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers

...In Japan, there is no discrimination between men and women in terms of licenses, salaries, etc., and the teaching profession is almost the only profession where men and women are equal, but in reality, female teachers are at a disadvantage when it comes to dividing up school duties and promoting to principal or vice principal. An international document on teachers' status and work is the "Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers," adopted in 1966 at a UNESCO Special Intergovernmental Conference attended by representatives from 76 countries, including Japan. It states that "educators should enjoy academic freedom in the performance of their professional duties," and emphasizes the responsibility to perform the highest standard of work, and further states that "teachers must be allowed the freedom to exercise all civil rights," which raises questions about the status of teachers in Japan. ...

*Some of the terminology used in the "Recommendations Concerning the Status of Teachers" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本では免許,給与など法規上,男女の差別はなく,教職はほとんど唯一の男女平等の職であるが,現実の学校の校務分掌や校長,教頭への昇任では女教師は不利な立場におかれている。 教師の地位や仕事についての国際的な文書としては,66年日本もふくめ76ヵ国の代表が参加したユネスコ特別政府間会議で採択された〈教員の地位に関する勧告〉がある。そこでは〈教育職は専門職としての職務の遂行にあたって学問上の自由を享受すべきである〉としたうえで,最高水準の仕事をする責任のあることを強調し,さらに〈教員にすべての市民的権利を行使する自由を認めねばならない〉としており,これは日本の教師の地位に対しても問題を投げかけている。…

※「教員の地位に関する勧告」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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