Human Rights Commission: "No Discrimination Against Private School Teachers in Selection of Education Professionals"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] The National Human Rights Commission announced on the 28th that it recommended Superintendent A to improve the system so that private school teachers are not excluded when selecting candidates for educational professional staff positions such as supervisors and educational researchers.

The petitioner stated, "While the respondent allows both public and private school teachers to apply for teaching positions, restricting private school teachers from applying for vice-principal positions is discriminatory," and filed a petition with the Human Rights Commission.

Superintendent A, the respondent, explained the main reason for restricting private school teachers from applying only for vice-principal positions as follows: "Unlike public schools, private schools find it difficult to immediately fill vice-principal vacancies," and "This is to prevent difficulties in the operation of private schools."

According to the Human Rights Commission's investigation, the respondent granted eligibility to both public and private school teachers for teaching positions when selecting candidates for educational professional staff (supervisors and educational researchers) last year, but restricted eligibility to public school teachers only for vice-principal positions.

The Human Rights Commission's Discrimination Correction Committee judged, "Since private school teachers applying for educational professional staff positions are recommended by the school principal or the board of directors, it is expected that the recommender will consider the supply and demand situation of school teachers when recommending candidates for vice-principal positions," and "Considering that the job duties of educational professional staff for both teaching and vice-principal positions are the same, this constitutes a ‘discriminatory act infringing on the right to equality.’"

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