Daegu Teachers' Union Urges Superintendent Kang Eun-hee to Immediately Form 'School Task Division' TF Team

Survey of 1,500 Teachers... Contract Workers' Background Checks, Facility Inspections, and Employment Contracts Also 'Teachers' Responsibility'

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] The Daegu Teachers' Union (Chairperson I Bomi) has called on the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education to establish a standard guideline for the division of administrative tasks at schools, based on a survey conducted among local teachers.

The teachers' union claims that the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education relies solely on the principal's authority to assign tasks, effectively neglecting the excessive administrative workload of teachers and fostering conflicts between teachers and administrative staff.

According to the "School Task Division Status" survey released on the 27th by the Daegu Teachers' Union, only 1.79% of respondents said that administrative staff handle background checks and labor contracts for contract teachers, while 86% said that teachers handle these tasks. The proportion of tasks handled jointly by administrative staff and teachers was 11.6%.

In the survey of 1,500 teachers in the Daegu area, more than half of respondents (51% and 53%, respectively) answered that teachers are solely responsible for hiring substitute educational public service personnel and inspecting children's playground facilities.

It was also found that school air quality measurement and management are conducted by health teachers rather than administrative offices (55% response rate), and teachers are even responsible for illegal filming detection cameras (56%). Tasks such as background checks and contract work for after-school instructors related to sexual offenses were also handled by teachers (64.57% response rate).

I Bomi, Chairperson of the Daegu Teachers' Union, pointed out, "By assigning general administrative tasks that should legally be handled by administrative staff to teachers, the Office of Education is causing conflicts between administrative staff and teachers," adding, "The 'Measures to Reduce Teachers' Workload' sent annually by the Office of Education are out of touch with reality and are like hollow shells."

She urged, "Teachers are overwhelmed by administrative work and often neglect their primary duties such as educational activities (lesson preparation and evaluation, student guidance, counseling, career guidance, etc.). Superintendent Kang Eun-hee must immediately form a task force team and present effective measures."

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