Gyeonggi Office of Education Takes Steps to Improve Temporary Teachers' Treatment... Revising Long-Term Service Allowance

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education is changing the payment method for the longevity allowance to improve the treatment of contract teachers in the province.

The longevity allowance is a bonus paid in January and July of the current year to teachers who have diligently served as public officials. Previously, the allowance was granted only based on the contract teacher's service at the same school.

As a result, if a contract teacher working at a school in the province moved to another school in March after their contract expired, their work experience from January to February was not reflected in the longevity allowance.

To address this issue, the Office of Education has revised the guidelines for operating contract teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, so that all service experience as a contract teacher at any school within the province will be counted towards the longevity allowance, even if it is not at the same school.

The revised payment method will apply work experience from January 1 of this year and will be implemented starting in July.

Shim Sang-woong, Director of Teacher Personnel at the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, stated, "We expect that this improvement in the payment method will help boost the morale of contract teachers who have not previously been recognized for their longevity allowance experience. We will continue to make efforts to improve the treatment of contract teachers dedicated to educating students in Gyeonggi."

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