High school students assigned janitorial duties?

Can't speak to Korea but it's normal in Japan. Not as a punishment, just to teach them that it has to be done.

With the labor shortage caused by pandemic policies, some US schools are paying high school kids to be janitors. Which probably isn't a bad idea. I would have loved to skip the commute to my afterschool job.

https://livelearnventure.com/korean-education-and-the-korean-classroom/

"In South Korea, it’s common for students to clean the classrooms and other areas in the school. This includes cleaning tasks such as taking out the trash, vacuuming, and sweeping. My thoughts are that this is in place to teach students to take responsibility and treat their classrooms and school areas with respect.

Students are assigned certain tasks. Everyday after lunch, alejandroescamilla-bookstudents come to our English Town to clean. In the United States, I’ve heard of teachers assigning certain responsibilities such as collecting homework or being a line leader, but I’m not sure I can see as much student cleaning going over as well back home."

"The Korean school constituency takes student accountability seriously. School identifications also means school chores. Students set up the classroom and attend to the proxemics of the chairs, desks, and what ever else is needed. Student teams rotate, sweeping and mopping their classroom, hallways, and bathrooms daily. I am not sure whether students are involved on a daily or weekly basis with throwing out the trash or window cleaning. Students generally erase all chalkboards, white boards, and often dust. Student teams clean the toilets, sinks, counters, and sometimes, the mirrors. Students are expected to self-monitor, follow a schedule, cultivate a sense of student dependability, and standards of basic sanitation."

No. It's called responsibility.