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Lai Jui-lung Signs Six-Point Education Pledge, Promises to Chair "Education Roundtable Conference"

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • DPP candidate Lai Jui-lung signed a six-point education pledge, promising to personally chair an "Education Roundtable Conference."
  • He aims to create a dignified teaching environment free from interference and reduce unnecessary school meetings.
  • Lai emphasized education as a crucial investment for the city and pledged to continue and implement policies improving the educational environment.

Lai Jui-lung, a Democratic Progressive Party candidate for Kaohsiung mayor, has signed a "six-point education appeal pledge." Witnessed by Legislator Hsu Chih-chieh, Lai vowed to prioritize communication and reduce unnecessary school meetings, aiming to provide teachers with a dignified and undisturbed teaching space. He also committed to personally chair an "Education Roundtable Conference."

Education is the city's most important investment, and frontline teachers are the most crucial cornerstone of education.

— Lai Jui-lungDiscussing the importance of education and teachers in Kaohsiung.

Lai stressed that education is the city's most vital investment, with frontline teachers forming its cornerstone. He acknowledged the Kaohsiung city government's recent efforts to enhance the educational environment and promised to fully continue and implement these policies for long-term stability. His plans include gradually reducing class sizes while ensuring teacher and student rights, actively hiring more professional support staff for campus counseling, and streamlining administrative tasks to allow teachers to focus on teaching.

Furthermore, Lai proposed establishing a permanent "third-party impartial mediation mechanism" to address parent-teacher conflicts. This initiative aims to promote communication and minimize disruptive school meetings, thereby safeguarding teachers' dignity and focus. The "Education Roundtable Conference" will invite representatives from unions, parents, and principals to ensure professional voices are incorporated into decision-making, fostering a new era for Kaohsiung's education.

We will implement communication first, reduce unnecessary school meetings, and return a dignified teaching space to teachers that is free from interference.

— Lai Jui-lungOutlining his commitment to improving the teaching environment.

Hsu Chih-chieh, who has a background in education, expressed his commitment to advancing educational reform in the legislature and supporting Lai's policies. Union leaders from the Kaohsiung City Education Industry Union also voiced their expectations for Lai's promises to be actively implemented.

I will personally preside over the 'Education Roundtable Conference' to invite union, parent, and principal representatives to participate together.

— Lai Jui-lungAnnouncing his plan to host a conference for educational stakeholders.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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