Taiwan Normal University Women s Football Team "blood draw and credit exchange case" has caused controversy, and the school will hold a meeting to discuss punishing the coaches involved

[Global Network Report] After the "blood draw" of the women's football team of Taiwan Normal University (Taiwan Normal University for short) broke out, it has become the focus of social attention in recent days. Taiwan Normal University President Wu Zhengji and the coach involved in the case, Zhou Taiying, publicly apologized for the first time on July 19. "Central News Agency" and other Taiwanese media reported that the Taiwan education authorities require the school teacher review committee (hereinafter referred to as the teaching evaluation meeting) to re-examine. Taiwan Normal University is expected to hold a teaching evaluation meeting on the 22nd to discuss the punishment of Zhou Taiying, and then submit it to the college teaching evaluation meeting and the school teaching evaluation meeting after making a resolution.

According to Taiwanese media reports, the "blood draw and credit exchange" incident of the women's football team of Taiwan Normal University was revealed by public opinion representatives in November last year. Coach Zhou Taiying asked players to cooperate with the blood draw experiment in the name of research. Some students drew blood for up to 3 times a day for 14 consecutive days, and if they refused to cooperate, they were threatened to deduct credits. The originally promised subsidy was also recovered by the coach on the grounds of "team funds." The incident did not prolong at that time, until July 15 this year, the victim student representative publicly accused him and exposed evidence such as blood-drawing videos.

"Central News Agency" reported that the Campus Bully Prevention Committee of Taiwan Normal University reviewed and determined that the teachers involved in the case did bully the students and recommended to dismiss the hiring for two years, but the school's teaching and evaluation meeting only imposed 5 points of punishment, and did not stop hiring or dismissal, which caused an uproar in society.

The Taiwan education authorities held a "Review Committee on Campus Bullying Incidents in Colleges and above" on July 18, and determined that the case caused physical and mental harm to the victims, which constituted a lifelong termination, or dismissal, and no appointment within 4 years. However, the Taiwan Normal University Level 3 Education Evaluation Association did not dismiss Zhou Taiying according to the investigation report, and the Taiwan Education Evaluation Association requested the Taiwan Normal University Education Evaluation Association to re-examine.

On July 19, Taiwan Normal University held a press conference, and President Wu Zhengji, Zhou Taiying, the above-mentioned plan host Chen Zhongqing and others came forward to apologize. Taiwan Normal University also decided that the school’s third-level teaching and evaluation meeting will re-examine and complete the relevant punishment within 2 weeks. During the reconsideration period, Zhou Taiying will be temporarily suspended to avoid any contact between the coach and the students.

reported that Taiwan Normal University is expected to hold a teaching evaluation meeting on the 22nd to discuss the case. After the teaching evaluation meeting makes a resolution, it will be submitted to the teaching evaluation meeting of the college and the teaching evaluation meeting for deliberation. According to convention, most colleges and schools will respect the resolutions of the department’s teaching and evaluation meetings.

Taiwan's "Weekly King (CTWANT)" said that after eight months, this incident once again triggered public criticism, and Taiwan Normal University was criticized by the outside world for its inappropriate handling of the incident. According to Mirror Weekly, Taiwan Normal University has three major omissions in handling this incident. First of all, at the time of the incident, the school not only did not immediately clarify whether the women's football team had been asked to draw blood for a long time, but also questioned that the public opinion representatives "cause nothing wrong." Secondly, when the bullying investigation began, Zhou Taiying, who was named, was not quarantined and still frequently appeared in student training and event fields. Even if he arranged an agent coach, Zhou still did not leave the women's football team, causing the victims to continue to bear pressure and fear. Third, the school has been reminded many times to seek external psychological counseling resources to help rebuild the trust of victimized students, but has never been actively dealt with, which has worsened the psychological trauma of students.