{"id":8645,"date":"2011-10-14T16:44:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T20:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=8645"},"modified":"2011-10-14T16:58:40","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T20:58:40","slug":"teachers-told-to-stay-3-feet-from-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/10\/teachers-told-to-stay-3-feet-from-students","title":{"rendered":"Teachers told to stay 3 feet from students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teachers\u00a0at a public high school in\u00a0Turkey’s Antalya province on the\u00a0Mediterranean Sea have been ordered to stay at least three feet away from their students and to avoid any touching whatever.<\/p>\n

The order comes after\u00a0on a decision\u00a0handed down\u00a0by Erdem Kaya, education director for Antalya\u2019s central Muratpa\u015fa district and relayed to school headmasters in the area, according to Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

A spokesman for Kaya’s office,\u00a0Nurettin S\u00f6nmez, said the decision has not yet put into effect in all area schools.<\/p>\n

However several, including Muratpa\u015fa High School, have issued the notice to their teachers. Headmaster \u0130lhami Kotan issued the order in a memo that, in part directed: \u201cThe distance will not be less than one meter to avoid encountering such situations as sexual exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision humiliates both students and teachers. We vehemently reject it,\u201d said Nurettin S\u00f6nmez, Antalya branch head of the Education and Science Personnel Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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