Cho Hee-yeon "Let's Fully Reconsider Teacher Performance Bonuses at Least for This Year"
Let's Reduce Equal Distribution or Differential Payment Rates to Less Than Half
Officially Proposed by the Association of Provincial Superintendents of Education
Cho Hee-yeon, Superintendent of Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. / Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Cho Hee-yeon, Superintendent of Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, announced on the 15th that he "proposes a comprehensive review of the teacher performance bonus system in the context of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation."
On the same day, Superintendent Cho stated through his social media (SNS), "I will officially submit the comprehensive review of the teacher performance bonus system to the Council of Superintendents of Metropolitan and Provincial Offices of Education and actively request the Ministry of Education to consider it."
The teacher performance bonus system was introduced in 2001 to induce competition within the teaching community and improve the quality of education. Bonuses are distributed differentially based on evaluation results, divided into three grades: S, A, and B.
Superintendent Cho explained the background of the proposal, saying, "Everyone in the school field is working together to overcome this difficult situation. In such circumstances, the 'ranking' and 'distinction' caused by the payment of teacher performance bonuses will cause division in the school community and undermine the sense of community at this critical time when the nation must overcome difficulties."
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He continued, "Currently, teacher performance bonuses are paid with a 50% equal distribution rate and a 50% differential distribution rate. Considering various situations, let us distribute the performance bonuses equally for 2020 only. If such distribution is difficult, let us minimize the differential distribution rate temporarily or at least reduce it to 25% or less, which is half of the current differential distribution rate, taking realistic conditions into account."
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