Gyeonggi Office of Education to File Complaint Against Parent Who Pushed Teacher Causing Injury

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education has decided to report a parent who pushed a teacher at school, causing injury, to the police.

On the 10th, the Office of Education announced that it had decided to file charges against parent A, who has a child attending an elementary school in the district, for obstruction of official duties.

It was confirmed that on May 24, A visited the elementary school where their child attends and, while consulting with teacher B about the child's issues, verbally abused and physically pushed teacher B. During the process of trying not to fall after being pushed by A, teacher B sustained injuries requiring two weeks of medical treatment.

At the Teachers' Rights Protection Committee hearing initiated by teacher B's report, the committee members unanimously decided to take legal action against teacher B.

The Teachers' Rights Protection Committee of the Office of Education consists of 11 members, including two education office staff, one retired principal, one current teacher, one parent, two provincial assembly members, one lawyer, two professors, and one conflict resolution expert.

An official from the Office of Education stated, "Since counseling between a parent and a teacher, who is a national public official, is part of the teacher's specific duties and the incident occurred during the performance of those duties, we decided to file charges for obstruction of official duties. The complaint has not yet been submitted, but it will be filed soon."

If this report is filed, the number of cases reported by the Teachers' Rights Protection Committee of the Office of Education this year will increase to five.

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