Yoo Eun-hye: "Expanding Protection Against Teacher Rights Violations to 'Outside Class'... Including Support for Instructors"

Changes in Teacher Rights Violations with the Expansion of Remote Classes
Yoo Eun-hye "Will Organize Types of Teacher Rights Violations"

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye is visiting the Seobu Teacher Healing Center located in Seo-gu, Gwangju on the 18th and inspecting the site.

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye announced that the scope of educational activities will be expanded to include time outside of class hours to protect teachers' educational activities, and that instructors will also be protected.

On the 18th, after visiting the Western Teacher Healing Support Center located in Seo-gu, Gwangju, Deputy Prime Minister Yoo said at a meeting with on-site teachers, "To respond strongly to infringements on educational activities, we will expand the scope of protection to include educational activities related to time outside of class hours," adding, "Instructors will also be included as beneficiaries and supported."

Deputy Prime Minister Yoo stated, "As remote classes expand, new types of teacher rights infringement incidents are occurring, causing many difficulties in the field," and added, "We will revise the types of infringement acts considering remote classes."

She continued, "We will strengthen the roles of education support offices and school principals in the reporting and response procedures for teacher rights infringement acts, and also consider transferring the School Teacher Rights Protection Committee to the support office."

Deputy Prime Minister Yoo said, "To promptly and actively protect teachers who suffer from rights infringements, if a serious issue arises, we will immediately separate the infringing student," and added, "We will expand personnel and finances so that many teachers can utilize the Teacher Healing Support Center."

The Ministry of Education plans to continuously develop various preventive education materials related to the protection of educational activities and to carry out campaigns to protect educational activities so that educational rights can be mutually respected.

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