40% Increase in School Violence Cases in One Year,
‘In response to the surge in school violence cases, the court has doubled the number of panels dedicated to handling these cases. Last year’s reported school violence cases increased by 40% compared to 2024.’,
, ‘On the 16th, the Seoul Administrative Court announced, “The number of school violence cases reported to the court is rapidly increasing, and the nature of these disputes is becoming more diverse, prompting us to expand the number of dedicated panels from two to four during the regular personnel appointments on the 23rd.”‘,
, ‘Specifically, all panel members have over 20 years of legal experience as senior judges. When forming the panels, we considered factors such as experience working as a research judge in the Supreme Court’s Constitutional and Administrative Departments, handling numerous administrative cases including school violence cases in various courts, and having experience raising children of elementary school age or older.’,
, ‘The administrative court introduced the dedicated panel system for school violence cases in 2023 by establishing three individual panels. Each panel initially included one senior judge with over 20 years of legal experience and two judges with over 10 years of experience. In 2024 and last year, the number of individual panels was reduced to two, consisting of two judges with over 10 years of legal experience.’,
, ‘According to the administrative court, the number of reported school violence cases is growing exponentially each year, with 51 cases in 2022, 71 in 2023, 98 in 2024, and 134 in 2025.’,
, ‘Meanwhile, it was also found that disputes between students that do not necessarily warrant severe punishment frequently end up in court. Among the cases that reached the administrative court, there were disputes caused by comments on appearance, insults, or derogatory expressions. In such cases, the court has sometimes canceled preventive measures under the School Violence Prevention Act after assessing the relative power dynamics between students or the seriousness of the actions in question.’,
, ‘A court representative stated, “There is an increasing trend of disputes being overly classified as school violence. In some instances, actions that cannot be considered school violence have been judged as such, leading the court to overturn decisions made by education support offices to enforce measures.”‘