Daegu City Council Member Heo Siyoung Urges Introduction of Online Training for Transportation Workers: Already Implemented in Six Regions

Heo Siyoung, a member of the Daegu City Council (People Power Party, Dalseo District 2), raised concerns about the current training for transportation workers at the Daegu Transportation Training Center through a written inquiry on December 2, urging the introduction of online education.

Council Member Heo pointed out that online education is already being implemented in six cities and provinces nationwide, including Seoul and Gyeonggi, and believes that online education will reduce social costs and increase efficiency.

Heo Siyoung, Daegu City Council Member

Heo Siyoung criticized the current approach of insisting solely on in-person training at the Daegu Transportation Training Center, stating that it does not meet the demands of the times and is causing various problems. The center provides training to 25,000 transportation workers annually, but issues such as limited space, lack of parking, and noise from trainees have emerged as side effects.

Heo Siyoung further emphasized, "An online education system that offers efficiency and choice to transportation workers must be introduced." She noted that online education is already being operated effectively in other regions (Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon, Daejeon, North Gyeongsang, and South Chungcheong), and stressed that Daegu should also adopt this system to improve educational efficiency and provide a better learning environment for transportation workers.

She also estimated that the social costs associated with in-person training at the Daegu Transportation Training Center amount to approximately 1 billion won per year, and argued that introducing online education could significantly reduce these costs. While acknowledging that an increase in the budget for online education may be inevitable, she pointed out that the savings in social costs would be much greater.

Heo Siyoung called on Daegu City and the Daegu Transportation Training Center to actively consider introducing online education to resolve parking issues and trainee inconveniences, and to provide a better educational environment for transportation workers. She proposed implementing online education in parallel with in-person training.

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