Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education to Provide Additional Support for 'Temporary Health Teachers' in the Second Semester

Over 600 Million Won in Labor Costs for 39 Gwadae Schools

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The Gyeongsangbuk-do Office of Education announced on the 17th that it will deploy additional temporary health teachers to 39 oversized elementary, middle, and high schools starting from the second semester in response to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

The target schools include 36 elementary schools with 34 or more classes or 850 or more students, 1 middle school, and 2 high schools, totaling 39 schools. The Office of Education explained that it plans to support 624 million KRW in personnel expenses for temporary health teachers at these schools.

Along with this, the Office of Education, which supported personnel expenses for part-time health teachers at oversized schools during the first semester of this year, recently decided to convert their status to temporary teachers who can work full-time starting from the second semester in preparation for the possibility of a second COVID-19 pandemic wave.

Earlier, in February, the Gyeongbuk Office of Education deployed health personnel (nurses) to a total of 286 schools?125 elementary schools, 126 middle schools, and 35 high schools?that did not have health teachers to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Superintendent Lim Jong-sik stated, "We will strive to protect students' safety and health by providing health education for infectious disease prevention, response methods, and parent education, and to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in schools where students are densely gathered."

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