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Busan expands teacher rights protection centers to five new locations

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education is expanding its teacher rights protection centers by adding five new locations.
  • These centers will provide legal and psychological counseling, healing programs, and representation for teachers facing educational rights violations and malicious complaints.
  • The expansion aims to enhance on-site response capabilities and create an environment where teachers can focus on education without harassment.

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education is bolstering its support for educators by establishing five additional Teacher Rights Protection Centers. This expansion will bring the total number of such centers to six, with each of the five educational support offices in Busan now hosting its own center, alongside the existing one at the main office.

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education is actively moving to protect teachers' rights by additionally establishing five Teacher Rights Protection Centers.

— Busan Metropolitan Office of EducationAnnouncing the expansion of support services for teachers.

Each new center will be staffed by a center director, a lawyer, an educational supervisor, and two administrative employees. These positions will be filled by existing personnel rather than through new hires. The centers are tasked with investigating cases of infringement on educational activities and managing regional teacher rights protection committees.

Teachers facing violations of their educational rights or persistent malicious complaints will receive comprehensive support. This includes legal and psychological counseling, healing programs, and legal representation or accompaniment during committee proceedings. For severe cases of malicious complaints, the centers can also leverage the expertise of approximately 60 advisory lawyers appointed by the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education last year.

The new Teacher Rights Protection Centers will enhance on-site response capabilities when educational activity infringement incidents occur, and create an environment where teachers can focus on education without being exposed to malicious complaints.

— Busan Metropolitan Office of EducationExplaining the goals of the center expansion.

Busan Superintendent of Education Kim Seok-joon stated that protecting educational activities is crucial not only for individual teachers but also for ensuring students' stable learning rights. He emphasized that the new centers, operating from the closest point to schools within the educational support offices, will provide swift, specialized, and on-site support, enabling schools to concentrate more effectively on their educational missions.

Educational activity protection is an important foundation for guaranteeing students' stable learning rights, beyond just supporting individual teachers. We will provide swift and specialized on-site support from the closest location to schools through the educational support office's Teacher Rights Protection Centers, so that schools can focus more on educational activities.

— Kim Seok-joonBusan Superintendent of Education, highlighting the importance of the centers for both teachers and students.
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Originally published by Hankyoreh in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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