Seoul Metropolitan Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon repeatedly apologized for saying "sorry for creating unnecessary controversy" on the social networking service (SNS) that the regular supervisors said that they are `` a group that gets paid even if they don't work. ''

"I'm sorry to make unnecessary controversy when I have to do my best to protect student safety with Corona 19," said Superintendent Cho on the day of the live broadcast on Facebook explaining the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's additional revision budget. I'm giving it. "

However, he also attributed the “responsibility of expression” to irregular workers in schools.

Assistant Superintendent Cho said, "There was a protest because the school was postponed and the 'non-working school non-regular worker during vacation' did not receive a salary." This is happening. "

He shared opinions with citizens in the comments whether he needed to postpone the opening of school on Facebook the previous day. "Schools have 'a group that gets paid even if they don't work,' and a group that doesn't get paid if they don't work. If you are postponed to, you need to take extraordinary measures. "

When the school was closed, it meant that there was a need for a livelihood measure for 'non-working school during vacation,' where there is no work and no wages.

When his remarks became controversial, Superintendent Cho said at 8 p.m. on the previous day, "I'm really sorry that I used the expression that could be a problem," and said, "I wasn't able to confirm my postponement. I apologized.

However, the backlash continues.

In a statement issued on the 16th by the Korea Federation of Teachers' Associations (Kyokai), "The Superintendent Cho is inflicting irreparable wounds and even inflicting irritation on teachers across the country."

The school general said, "The superintendent's misdeeds have made him a group, a group of teachers playing and eating in front of the people, and become a public enemy." The.

The National Teachers' Union (formerly Kyojo), the Seoul branch, said, "It is not believed to be a statement from the superintendent and cannot be astonished." I did.

Jeon Kyo-jo, the Seoul branch, will visit the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on this day.

The petition requesting the explanation of the superintendent of education posted on the bulletin board of the citizen's petition of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education received the consent of 12,000 people at noon of the day.

If the Department of Education's citizen petition receives more than 10,000 consent within 30 days, the superintendent must respond.

The website of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education 'Cho Hee-Yeon's Open Education Supervision', where citizens' petitions were posted, was temporarily blocked due to a large number of visitors this morning.

On the other hand, Superintendent Cho said that "special measures are needed" for the 'no-paid problem' during the period of deferral of non-regular workers during school holidays during the vacation, which was the background of the testimony.

"Schools are postponed and non-workers do not receive monthly wages for three weeks during vacation," he said. "In accordance with the joint policies of the 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education, we decided to pay bonuses, but not pay extra wages. I think it will be necessary to take special measures if it is delayed, and I will discuss it with Congress. "

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