By 2025, more than 500 education professionals and researchers had signed an open letter to warn of a risk of worsening conflicts. Opponents believe that physical intervention can certainly restore calm immediately, but lastingly deteriorate the relationship between teacher and student.
In certain situations of serious disruption, teachers could now hold a student, seize them or escort them out of the room despite their refusal. The stated objective is also to clarify the rules for teachers, some of whom now fear sanctions when they intervene with a disruptive student.
For the politician, this situation revealed the limits of a regulation which allows students to be protected against danger, but leaves teachers with few options when a child simply prevents others from working. His teacher ended up grabbing him under the armpits and dragging him out of class.
Today, Danish regulations strictly regulate the use of physical coercion. In particular, teachers can intervene to prevent a student from putting themselves in danger, injuring another person or causing property damage.
In Denmark, teachers may soon be allowed to physically intervene to stop such disruptions, including grabbing a student or removing them from class against their will.
These figures do not mean that violence occurs daily in the majority of classes: a single incident is enough for a class to be counted.