Im Tae-hee, Superintendent of Education, "The Education Office Must Become the Protector of Teachers"

Im Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education (middle of the front row on the left), is meeting with representatives of three teachers' organizations on the 28th to discuss measures to secure teachers' rights and other issues.

Gyeonggi Provincial Superintendent of Education Lim Tae-hee met with representatives of three teachers' organizations on the 28th and agreed to work on measures to protect teachers' educational activities.

On the same day, Superintendent Lim held a meeting at the southern office of the Provincial Office of Education with Joo Hoon-ji, president of the Gyeonggi Teachers' Association Federation, Jeong Jin-gang, head of the Gyeonggi branch of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union, and Song Soo-yeon, chairperson of the Gyeonggi Teachers' Labor Union.

At the meeting, Superintendent Lim said, "It is very regrettable and distressing as an education superintendent that a tragic incident, which should never have happened, occurred in the educational field recently," adding, "We will review laws related to the protection of educational activities and child abuse, request amendments from the government and the legislature where there are problematic parts, and also revise ordinances to ensure that biased content is balanced with rights and responsibilities, thereby making necessary improvements."

Regarding complaints from parents, he emphasized, "It must be traumatic for a teacher to be alone in the classroom and have a parent suddenly show up," and added, "Complaints during working hours should not be handled directly by teachers; instead, the system should be structured so that institutions handle such complaints."

He also promised, "The Office of Education must become a protector of teachers," and stated, "We will use this opportunity to institutionally change the system and culture to ensure that legitimate educational activities are not infringed upon."

Representatives of the teachers' organizations expressed concern at the meeting that the level of infringement on teachers' educational activities in schools is very serious and urged the Provincial Office of Education to come up with solutions.

Meanwhile, the Provincial Office of Education is displaying a memorial video on the first floor 'Media Wall' of the southern office to honor the late teacher from Seo-i Elementary School who recently passed away tragically.

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