Seongdong-gu School Safety Man to Visit Kindergartens, Elementary, Middle, and High Schools for Disinfection

Public Workers Apply as School Quarantine Personnel to Expand Jobs...42 Staff Deployed in 30 Local Schools, Supporting Fever Checks and Daily Quarantine for 5 Months

Forty-two public workers are serving as supplementary quarantine personnel at schools.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Won-oh) is conducting the ‘School Safety Man’ support project to assist with the shortage of school quarantine personnel following the reopening of schools and to expand public job opportunities.

With the full reopening of all grades on the 8th, schools are facing difficulties due to a lack of personnel to manage quarantine rules and provide daily guidance.

Accordingly, the district recruited an additional 42 public workers to provide public jobs to those experiencing economic hardship due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and to support schools with insufficient staff.

Based on a survey of personnel needs by school, since the 8th, staff have been assigned to a total of 30 schools: 9 kindergartens with 11 people, 17 elementary schools with 25 people, 1 middle school with 1 person, and 3 high schools with 5 people.

These workers will serve for five months at their respective schools, performing duties such as temperature checks, supporting classroom and restroom quarantine, assisting with meal safety, and providing daily guidance to maintain safe distancing, fulfilling their roles as ‘School Safety Men.’

A teacher at Sageun Elementary School said, "Teachers had to prepare for both remote and in-person classes while also handling quarantine and daily guidance, which was overwhelming, so this personnel support is a great help."

Jeong Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, stated, "The purpose is to provide jobs to residents struggling due to the economic downturn through the deployment of ‘School Safety Men’ and to allow teachers to focus all their efforts on stabilizing academic affairs by reducing their workload. We will also spare no effort to actively support parents who have many safety concerns about school reopening so that they can send their children to school without worry."

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