Gyeonggi Office of Education Achieves Major Success in Edu-Keeper Legal Support... Expanding Protection for School Staff

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education's newly established 'Gyeonggi Edu-Keeper Legal Support System,' the first of its kind nationwide last year, has achieved significant results with 94 cases of legal assistance within just one year of operation.

The Office of Education announced on the 14th that the Gyeonggi Edu-Keeper Legal Support System, an active response system designed to protect the legitimate educational activities of teaching staff, provided various legal supports over the past year, including ▲94 cases of legal consultations and assistance during investigation and trial procedures ▲establishment of a pool of 201 Gyeonggi education lawyers ▲support for litigation costs in 1 case involving lawsuits filed during legitimate job performance ▲5 reports of serious infringements on educational activities ▲1 report of illegal acts by complainants.

Lim Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

This year, the Office of Education plans to strengthen the system to provide practical legal support by broadly reflecting the results of the past year's operation and field opinions, expanding the scope of support such as legal assistance for teaching staff who suffer criminal damage during legitimate job performance.

Kim Seung-ho, Legal Affairs Officer of the Office of Education, stated, "With the establishment of the Legal Affairs Office as of March 1, we will strive to provide immediate legal consultations and advice whenever disputes related to legitimate educational activities arise," adding, "We will provide the best legal support so that all teaching staff in the province can be legally protected anytime and anywhere."

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