Late-Night Tutoring Inspections at Manchon and Beomeo Academies in Suseong District, Daegu... Ministry of Education and Daegu Office of Education Impose Administrative Penalties on Two Institutions

The Ministry of Education and the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education conducted a joint inspection on April 16, focusing on compliance with late-night tutoring hours at academies in the Manchon-dong and Beomeo-dong areas of Suseong District, Daegu, in order to protect students' right to health.

This inspection was carried out following reports that there has been a growing number of cases in the Suseong District academy cluster where academies are illegally operating outside the hours stipulated by ordinance, which are from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

The Ministry of Education and Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education are conducting a joint inspection of late-night tutoring hours in the academy-dense area of Suseong District, Daegu.
[Photo by Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education]

The Ministry of Education and the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education have continuously strengthened guidance and inspections on irregularities and violations such as excessive tuition fees, in order to alleviate the private education cost burden on parents.

In particular, this joint inspection was conducted with the Director General for Higher and Lifelong Education of the Ministry of Education and the Deputy Superintendent of the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education personally visiting the site. The inspection teams were organized into two groups, focusing on detecting illegal operations such as intentionally locking doors to continue late-night tutoring or conducting tutoring sessions in reading rooms.

As a result of the on-site inspection, two cases of non-compliance with tutoring hour restrictions were confirmed, and administrative penalties, including demerit points, are to be imposed.

An official from the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education emphasized, "We will strengthen our ongoing monitoring system to ensure that academies abiding by the regulations are not disadvantaged, and will respond strictly based on reports received through the complaint and illegal private education reporting center."

It is known that over 200 academies are clustered within the 1-kilometer stretch between Manchon Station and Suseong District Office Station in Suseong District, Daegu.

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