Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education to Expand Employment of Persons with Severe Disabilities

Establishment of Special Education Support Center and Additional Points for Disabled Persons

The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 24th that it will expand the employment of people with severe disabilities by each education support office to increase the employment rate of people with disabilities and strengthen its social responsibility as a public institution.

With the goal of achieving the mandatory employment rate of 3.8% for people with disabilities, it plans to reduce employment levies by expanding the employment of disabled workers.

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education building exterior

The provincial office of education has established an employment expansion plan to prioritize the hiring of disabled workers. It plans to provide quality jobs to disabled workers by expanding employment in various occupations such as cleaners, night duty staff, and Neul Bom administrative assistants.

A new job category, ‘Special Education Support Center Operation Assistant,’ has also been created as a job for people with severe disabilities. This position assists with administrative tasks related to special education and supports the work of disabled students and educational personnel at special education support centers in each education support office. The plan also includes awarding additional points to disabled workers when hiring substitutes for fixed-term teachers and civil servant vacancies. Employment barriers have been lowered to ensure disabled workers are given priority in hiring.

Kim Dae-jung, Superintendent of Jeonnam Education, said, “Providing a stable and non-discriminatory working environment for disabled workers is our society’s responsibility,” adding, “We will strive to make the provincial office of education a model case for the employment of people with disabilities through expanding their hiring.”

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