談防疫措施下之兒童權利保障――以受教育權為核心

A Study on Protection of Children’s Rights During Epidemic Prevention Measures : Focusing on the Right to Education

由於疫情增溫，教育部於日前宣布全國各級公私立學校及幼兒園停止學生到校或到園上課，以降低群聚感染之風險。針對學校關閉之情形，已有許多國際組織提出聲明，呼籲透過線上教學等多元策略，持續保障學生之學習權益，避免加深教育不平等之現象。本文擬借鏡聯合國教科文組織、兒童權利委員會，及日本愛知縣律師會會長聲明之觀點，針對在我國停課措施下，應如何確保兒童權利，提出若干淺見，供主管機關及學校參考。

The rising Covid Pandemic forced the Ministry of Education to close the public and private schools and kindergartens across the country in order to minimize the risk of groups of infections. Facing school closures, many international organizations issued statements urging for the continuous protection of students’ learning rights through diversified strategies such as online learning to avoid deepening inequality in education. This article quotes the opinions of UNESCO, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and the President of the Aichi Bar Association in Japan to put forward some suggestions on how to ensure children’s rights under the school closures in Taiwan as the references of policy for the authorities and schools.