Teacher Who Assigned 'Underwear Laundry' Task Dismissed... Blue House Announces "Measures to Prevent Recurrence"

[Asia Economy Reporter Son Seon-hee] The Blue House announced on the 26th in response to a national petition requesting the dismissal of a teacher who assigned inappropriate tasks such as 'underwear washing' to elementary school students, stating, "The Office of Education held a general disciplinary committee meeting on the 29th of last month and resolved to 'dismiss' the teacher, thereby completing the disciplinary action."

Education Secretary Park Kyung-mi stated in the response to the national petition, "The Ulsan Office of Education conducted an audit on the teacher regarding sexual misconduct and overall service, confirming that the teacher violated many service guidelines by making inappropriate remarks and actions not only towards students but also towards fellow teachers," and conveyed this information.

The petition titled 'Dismissal of Elementary School Teacher Who Assigned Underwear Washing Task,' raised in April, garnered a total of 225,764 supporters over a month. The petitioner, who introduced themselves as a citizen raising two siblings, pointed out that the teacher assigned inappropriate tasks including sexual harassment to students, stating, "Elementary school teachers must have a much higher sensitivity to human rights than others, and their gender sensitivity should be exemplary to others."

Secretary Park said, "The Ulsan Office of Education conducted gender sensitivity training for senior officials and plans to conduct training for all faculty and administrators within this month," adding, "A survey on sexual harassment in schools within the jurisdiction will be conducted by next month to prevent recurrence of similar incidents."

Furthermore, she added, "Since last year, we will inspect follow-up measures such as investigations of sexual misconduct by teachers, disciplinary actions, and implementation of recurrence prevention education in 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education annually," and "We will raise awareness among metropolitan and provincial offices of education that educational officials who commit sexual misconduct must be strictly disciplined, and strongly demand strict measures at the central government level against offices of education that respond inadequately."

Secretary Park concluded the response by saying, "The government will continue to revise related laws and systems to strictly deal with cases of sexual misconduct by teachers," and "We will create a safe school environment free from sexual harassment and sexual violence so that parents can confidently send their children to school."

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