An Min-seok, Gyeonggi Superintendent of Education: "Gyeonggi Teacher Authority Can Be Restored in Just a Year"

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It has been revealed that around 1,800 people have applied for the so-called "teacher authority protection officer" positions opened for application by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education. Superintendent of Education An Min-seok emphasized that he will personally file criminal complaints against malicious complainants, stating, "Teacher authority can be straightened out in about a year."

This is reported by Choi Ho-won.

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The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education accepted applications for the nation's first non-regular "teacher authority protection officers" until the 28th.

These positions involve working in teams alongside 10 full-time educational public official protection officers and local school inspectors to be dispatched to schools experiencing teacher authority violations and support affected teachers.

The provincial office plans to select around 100 individuals, and 1,823 people—including teachers, lawyers, doctors, counselors, and police officers—applied.

[An Min-seok / Gyeonggi Superintendent of Education: Seeing so many people apply for the teacher authority protection officer positions this time, with this level of interest, passion, and support, I believe Gyeonggi's teacher authority can be straightened out in just a year.]

Gyeonggi Superintendent of Education An Min-seok stated that he is directly serving as the head of the education office's teacher authority protection team and examining two cases.

They include a case where a school violence victim revealed details of the victimization anonymously online and was subsequently sued by the perpetrator's side, and a case involving a parent who continued to hurl verbal abuse and file child abuse complaints against their child's homeroom teachers.

[An Min-seok / Gyeonggi Superintendent of Education: If they do not withdraw the lawsuit (against the victim side) and refuse to apologize, the superintendent will file a complaint against the perpetrator side under the authority of the office of education, and we must file that complaint.]

Superintendent An emphasized that "malicious complaint-filing parents look down too much on schools and teachers," adding that through legal responses, "we will show that the office of education is not a pushover."

He also announced plans to sign a business agreement with the police next month, pushing for a system where even if malicious complainants file lawsuits or criminal complaints against teachers or students, the police will first listen to the superintendent's opinion before deciding whether to book the suspects.

(Video Editing: Jang Woon-seok, Footage Provided by: Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education)
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