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Teachers Face Increasing Violence from Parents Over Student Performance

Published March 23, 2026, 20:00
Teachers Face Increasing Violence from Parents Over Student Performance

OELMEK expresses strong concern over the increase in incidents of violence and threats against teachers by parents. According to OELMEK, these attacks usually occur when parents notice a decline in their children's performance. The president of OELMEK, Dimitris Taliadoros, states that incidents have increased significantly recently and calls for immediate intervention from the Ministry of Education to create a protocol for managing such incidents. He points out the lack of a protocol for protecting teachers, in contrast to the existence of a protocol for dealing with sexual violence against students. In some cases, police intervention is deemed necessary.