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Korean teachers crack under pressure over student attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">North Korean teachers are dealing with mounting stress as schools hold them responsible for poor student attendance rates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">According to a source in South Hamgyong province who spoke to Daily NK recently, a homeroom teacher at a middle school in Chongpyong county has quit her position and stopped coming to work entirely after clashing with her principal over attendance issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;It&#8217;s absurd for the school to keep nagging teachers about attendance when they know perfectly well that kids aren&#8217;t skipping because they hate school\u2014they&#8217;re staying home because their families are barely getting by,&#8221; the frustrated teacher said.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"text-xl font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-0.5\"><em>The reality behind empty classrooms<\/em><\/h4>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Her second-year class has had less than 60% attendance almost every day since the spring semester started in April. Students miss school to help their families survive: picking herbs in the mountains, working at their parents&#8217; market stalls, or taking care of household duties while their parents work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The principal repeatedly warned the teacher that she&#8217;d lose her homeroom position if she couldn&#8217;t get attendance above 90%. Eventually, she&#8217;d had enough and resigned, refusing to return to work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;Sometimes I feel more like a prison guard than a teacher,&#8221; she told the principal. &#8220;I&#8217;ve tried everything, and I can&#8217;t promise you 90% attendance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The incident was reported to the Chongpyong county party committee, which showed little sympathy for the teacher&#8217;s situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;We cannot tolerate a teacher abandoning work without permission,&#8221; the committee stated, criticizing her for having a &#8220;lax attitude toward her revolutionary duties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The committee has ordered an investigation of the entire school, treating low attendance as a systemic problem rather than acknowledging the economic realities families face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The resigned teacher has plenty of support from her colleagues, who understand the impossible situation she was in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;You can&#8217;t expect kids who are wondering where their next meal is coming from to have perfect attendance,&#8221; one teacher said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;The principal was being especially harsh with her because he had it in for her,&#8221; another whispered.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"text-xl font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-0.5\"><em>Band-aid solutions<\/em><\/h4>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Some teachers who can afford it try to help by bringing a kilogram of corn or barley to the homes of chronically absent students, hoping to encourage them to come to class. 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