Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education's "School Rights Protection Officer Ordinance" Passes Plenary Session... First Institutional Framework in South Korea Established

Gyeonggi Office of Education Ordinance Approved at Provincial Assembly Extraordinary Session
Comprehensive Support from Initial Response to Resolution of Teachers' Rights Infringement
Strengthening a Stable and Sustainable Protection System for

An ordinance outlining the roles and operational standards of school rights protection officers, an initiative first attempted in South Korea by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education (Superintendent An Min-seok), has passed the plenary session of the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly.

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education's School Rights Protection Officers are taking a commemorative photo after the 'Ordinance on the Operation of School Rights Protection Officers of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education' was approved at the 4th plenary session of the 393rd extraordinary meeting of the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly on the 18th. Provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education announced that the “Ordinance on the Operation of School Rights Protection Officers of the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education” was approved at the 4th plenary session of the 393rd extraordinary meeting of the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly, held on the 18th.

This ordinance defines the roles and operational standards for school rights protection officers in order to protect schools facing challenges such as violations of teachers’ rights, indiscriminate child abuse reports, and malicious civil complaints, and to enable teachers to focus on their educational activities.

The ordinance provides a specific administrative and institutional basis for school rights protection officers to respond quickly and professionally from the early stages to any violation of teachers’ rights occurring at schools, and to systematically support the teachers involved until each case is fully resolved.

On this day, 27 school rights protection officers from the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, including Deputy Director Park Hyun-seok, attended the plenary session and directly observed the review of the ordinance. Immediately after the ordinance was passed, a ceremony was also held on site to award badges symbolizing responsibility and mission to the school rights protection officers.

An Min-seok, Superintendent of Education for Gyeonggi Province, said, “I would like to thank the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly, especially the Education Administration Committee, for joining forces to establish an institutional foundation that will allow the school rights protection officers to carry out their duties in a stable manner.”

He further encouraged the officers while awarding badges, saying, “This badge symbolizes a shield protecting our teachers, and school rights protection officers are the heroes of our time.”

Gyeonggi Provincial Superintendent of Education An Min-seok awarded badges symbolizing responsibility and mission to the officers dedicated to protecting teachers' rights, who are working on the front lines of teacher rights protection, immediately after the ordinance was passed on the 18th. Provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

Superintendent An also emphasized, “We will create a comprehensive protection system so that teachers can devote themselves to educational activities without having to respond alone to violations and malicious complaints, by ensuring that we are with them from the occurrence to the resolution of each incident.”

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