Im Taehee, Superintendent of Education, "We will prepare measures to expand employment of teachers with disabilities"

Lim Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, is delivering a greeting at the forum titled "How to Expand Employment of Teachers with Disabilities," held at the National Assembly on the 19th.

Lim Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, promised to devise measures, stating that the proportion of disabled teachers managed by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education is in the 1% range, falling short of the legal standard. He also emphasized that various policies will be reviewed to ensure that disabilities do not become obstacles for disabled students.

On the 19th, Superintendent Lim attended a National Assembly forum titled "How to Expand Employment of Disabled Teachers?" held at Seminar Room 1 of the National Assembly Members' Office Building, explaining, "The current 'Act on the Promotion of Employment and Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons' stipulates that a certain percentage (3.6%) of disabled teachers must be employed when appointing teachers, but unfortunately, the proportion of disabled teachers in the education office remains at around 1%."

He added, "Even though we want to hire disabled teachers, there is a severe shortage of candidates, so more efforts are needed from the education office and related organizations to employ disabled teachers," emphasizing, "If Gyeonggi Province takes the lead in solving this issue for the employment of disabled teachers, it will serve as a catalyst not only for teachers nationwide but also in other fields."

He further stated, "We need to establish policies that ensure disabled students do not face obstacles due to their disabilities and can connect to desired careers and paths, starting from the same starting line, supporting their independence as members of society," adding, "I hope this forum will be an opportunity to revisit the system for training disabled teachers and find meaningful solutions to expand the employment of disabled teachers."

The forum was chaired by Professor Han Kyung-geun of the Department of Special Education at Dankook University, with Han Gyu-il, Director of Special Education at the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, serving as the moderator.

Panelists included ▲ Hong Sung-doo, Professor of Early Childhood Special Education at Seoul National University of Education ▲ Kim Ra-kyung, Professor of Special Education at Catholic University ▲ Pyeon Do-hwan, Policy Director of the Disabled Teachers' Union Together ▲ Yang Chan-woo, Director of University Admission Support at the Korea Council for University Education ▲ Noh Jae-sun, Chief Admissions Officer at Gyeongin National University of Education ▲ Kim Sun-hee, Principal of Areum School ▲ Yoon Kyung-chan, Teacher at Ansan Special Education Support Center (National Wheelchair Athletics Representative) ▲ Lee Bu-yong, Director of Disabled Employment at the Ministry of Employment and Labor ▲ Won Yong-yeon, Director of Teacher Training and Development at the Ministry of Education ▲ Lee Joo-ok, Secretary General of External Cooperation at the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education (all panelists) attended.

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