Seoul education chief candidates clash over student rights ordinance

Candidates for Seoul education superintendent clashed over the city’s student rights ordinance in Friday's televised debate, ahead of the June 3 local elections.

Conservative candidate Cho Chun-hyuk pledged to scrap what he said was "one-sided" ordinance, while liberal candidates, including incumbent Seoul education superintendent Jung Geun-sik, defended the Seoul Metropolitan Office's decision to protect it.

Cho said it places too much emphasis on students’ rights without sufficiently addressin