Gyeongbuk Superintendent of Education Lim Jong-sik, "'Protecting Teachers' Rights' Is Not a Confrontation Between Teachers, Students, and Parents!"

Meeting with Representatives of the Three Major Teaching Organizations

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education, met with representatives of the three teachers' organizations at the Gyeongbuk Office of Education reception room on the 2nd, following the announcement of urgent measures to protect teachers' rights on the 21st of last month, to discuss opinions on protecting educational activities.

On this day, Superintendent Lim Jong-sik met with Kim Young-jun, President, and Kim Dong-su, Vice President of the Gyeongbuk Teachers' Association; Ji Seung-yeop, Head of the Gyeongbuk Branch of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union, and Lee Da-yeon, Policy Director; as well as Lee Mi-hee, Chairperson, and Bang Shin-hye, Senior Vice Chairperson of the Gyeongbuk Teachers' Labor Union, to listen to voices from the field and to establish supplementary measures.

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Education, is having a conversation with representatives of teacher organizations.

The representatives of the teachers' organizations expressed concerns about the difficulties teachers face in responding to malicious complaints and guiding maladjusted students, and requested that the Gyeongbuk Office of Education prepare measures to prevent infringements on educational activities in advance.

In particular, they requested the establishment of measures to protect teachers harmed by indiscriminate child abuse reports, the expansion of the Teacher Healing Support Center, and efforts to restore the educational community through healthy communication.

Superintendent Lim Jong-sik of Gyeongbuk Office of Education stated, “Protecting educational activities should not be understood as a confrontation between teachers and students or parents, and the educational community as a whole must work together to restore a mutually respectful educational environment. Going forward, we will revise institutional aspects by reflecting amendments to laws and guidelines from the Ministry of Education, and supplement measures to protect teachers' rights so that rights and responsibilities are balanced toward the single goal of ‘Safe Schools, Complete Education.’”

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