Gyeonggi Province's Exclusive 'Teacher Rights Protection Dedicated Official' Begins Protecting Affected Teachers

The Gyeonggi Province Office of Education (Superintendent An Min-suk) is prioritizing the protection of affected teachers in cases involving violations of educational activities where teachers' personal information and photographs have been disclosed, and is swiftly implementing necessary measures including on-site support through teacher rights protection dedicated officials and legal and psychological support.

The teacher rights protection dedicated officials immediately provide on-site support upon receiving a case, assessing the situation of the affected teacher and comprehensively identifying necessary support matters.

On-site support includes teacher rights protection dedicated officials composed of inspectors, lawyers, and others participating together to comprehensively examine teacher protection and future response measures.

In particular, the Office of Education supports affected teachers with special leave, counseling, and psychological therapy so they can recover psychological stability and return to educational activities. For reports of educational activity violations, support is being provided so that deliberation can be conducted by the regional teacher rights protection committee in accordance with relevant procedures.

In the event that educational activity violations are confirmed, the Office of Education plans to continue follow-up support necessary for affected teachers, including legal support through teacher rights protection dedicated officials.

Meanwhile, on the 18th, the 'Gyeonggi Province Office of Education Teacher Rights Protection Dedicated Official Operation Ordinance' was passed at the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly plenary session, establishing an institutional foundation for teacher rights protection dedicated officials to perform their roles stably in the field.

Based on the ordinance, the Office of Education plans to further strengthen on-site response by teacher rights protection dedicated officials when educational activity violations occur, and rapidly coordinate necessary legal and psychological support for affected teachers to provide more thorough and systematic support from the initial stage of case occurrence through educational activity recovery and return to daily life.