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A high school part-time instructor was ridiculed and insulted by students, and it is controversial when the Ministry of Education responded that he could not provide protection and support because he was not a 'teacher'.
Part-time instructor A, who teaches students at a high school in Seoul, recently found out that a capture of his remote class had been circulated along with abusive language in the Internet community.
The insult was posted on the community where the students of Mr. A's school were gathered, and this post contained content that Student B captured and mocked A's remote class video. However, group B was not the only one who wrote such a problematic post.
Another student, group C, who saw the article of group B, pretended to be Mr. A and posted an article saying 'I will report (disseminator) to the police', and student D group synthesized the webpage of a specific media company and group B's post and this case was published. I also made up a sheep and posted it to the community.
After that, the capture and the post was deleted, but it is reported that several students have continuously uploaded Mr. A's real name and summary of the incident to the community.
In response, Mr. A notified the school of the fact and requested that the Educational Rights Protection Committee (Kyobo Committee) be opened.
The Kyobo Committee is a school deliberation body in which teachers, parents, and outsiders participate, and decides on disciplinary actions for students who violate school rights and psychological counseling and legal support for victim teachers. This is a system based on the Status of Teachers Act, which aims to secure the status of teachers and strengthen the protection of educational activities.
However, the school rejected the request to hold the Kyobo Committee on the grounds that 'part-time lecturers are not teachers under the current law'.
A school official said, "I inquired about whether the Kyobo Committee could be held on a related matter, but I received an answer that it is not realistically possible."
The school held a student guidance committee in which teachers participated and ordered four students, including groups B, C, D, and bulletin board operators, to return to school for less than 10 days. This is a level of disciplinary action that is not recorded in the life record.
In response, Mr. A filed a complaint with the National Sinmungo, operated by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, asking for "recognition of the teaching rights of part-time instructors", but again the Ministry of Education replied, "There is no legal problem with the decision of the school not to hold the Kyobo Committee." I heard
In the end, on the 14th, Mr. A filed a complaint with the police against the four students for defamation and violation of the Information and Communications Network Act. As a result of this incident, it is known that Mr. A has taken sick leave from school and is receiving psychiatric treatment.
On the other hand, it has been found that Mr. A, a part-time instructor, is excluded from support from teachers' liability insurance and the Teacher Healing Support Center operated by provincial and provincial offices of education.
Teacher Liability Insurance is an insurance that guarantees legal damages, such as support for attorney's fees, in case of a claim for compensation due to an accident that occurred while performing the teacher's duties. The Teacher Healing Support Center refers to an institution or organization designated to support the healing of teachers who have been damaged by violations of educational activities.
Some provincial and provincial education offices such as Incheon and Jeollanam-do provide support including part-time instructors for liability insurance and treatment support centers, but it is reported that part-time instructors do not receive such help at many provincial and provincial education offices including Seoul.
As distance learning becomes commonplace in the education field and other types of violations of teaching rights occur, it is pointed out that a protective net should be applied to educators who are not classified as legal teachers, such as part-time lecturers and industrial-educational adjunct teachers.
An official from the National Teachers and Employees' Union said, "Part-time instructors do support activities without any difference from regular teachers, but it is incomprehensible that they are excluded from the protection of teaching rights."
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