
安全管理体制の問題を認め、ガバナンス改善後に理事長辞任を表明
沖縄県名護市辺野古沖での高校生死亡事故を受け、学校法人同志社の八田英二理事長が初の記者会見を開き謝罪した。安全管理体制の不備や政治的中立性の欠如を認め、ガバナンス改善後に理事長職を辞任する意向を表明した。
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沖縄県名護市辺野古沖で小型船が転覆し、同志社国際高校の生徒ら2名が死亡した事故。文部科学省は学校の安全管理体制や政治的中立性に問題があったと指摘している。
沖縄県名護市辺野古沖で小型船2隻が転覆し、同志社国際高校(京都府)2年の武石知華さん=当時(17)=ら2人が死亡した事故で、同校を運営する学校法人同志社の八田英二理事長が30日、京都市内で、事故後初めての記者会見を開いた。「武石さんに謹んで哀悼の意を表するとともに、関係者に心よりおわびする。本当に申し訳ございませんでした」と謝罪し、黙とうした。
八田氏は、記者会見まで約7カ月半を要したことを陳謝。教育の中立性などを検討する委員会を22日に設置し、事故の検証にさらに時間がかかる見通しとなったため、中間報告として会見を開いたと説明した。
文部科学省から安全管理体制に大きな問題があったと指摘されたことに触れ、「理事長として責任は重い」と語った。同省は、米軍普天間飛行場移設工事に関する学習内容が、政治的中立性を定めた教育基本法に違反するとの見解も示しており、「一つの見方だけで平和学習が行われたことが問題だった。是正していくべきだ」と話した。
八田氏は、学校法人のガバナンス(統治)の改善などにめどを付けた後、理事長を辞任すると表明。「教育の改善計画を着実に進め、最後まで責任を持って取り組みたい」と述べ、総長と理事のポストにはとどまる考えを示した。
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学校法人同志社によるガバナンス改善計画の策定と実施
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