By Lee Jon-young

President Yoon Suk-yeol held a meeting with 20 teachers from elementary, middle, high, and special schools in the Presidential Office on Oct. 6. The meeting was organized to encourage teachers who have been working to normalize education in the wake of the revision of the Fourth Act to Protect Teaching Rights, and to reiterate the importance of establishing teaching rights.

The President listened to teachers from Seoyi Elementary School in Seoul about the causes of the crash, the significance of the amendment to the Teacher Rights Protection Act, and measures to establish teacher rights. 

The President reiterated that the establishment of teacher rights guarantees students' learning rights and human rights, and said that the government will continue to listen to the voices of the field and make further efforts to normalize the educational field with the follow-up of the Teacher Rights Protection Act.

The President also announced that he will raise the long-frozen classroom allowance by more than 50 percent and more than double the allowance for assistant teachers to ensure that teachers are treated and rewarded for their roles as they further dedicate themselves to nurturing future generations.

The Yoon administration has adopted the protection of teaching rights, which the president has emphasized since his presidential campaign, as a national priority and has worked to normalize the education scene, amending the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and its enforcement decree to legislate teachers' authority to guide students' lives, and finalizing the student life guidance notice. 

In addition, after the President repeatedly called for the swift processing of the Teacher Rights Protection Act 4, the National Assembly passed the bill and is promoting policies to establish teacher rights.

The meeting was attended by 20 teachers from Seoyi Elementary School in Seoul, as well as Prime Minister and Minister of Education Lee Ju-ho, Chairman of the National Education Commission Lee Bae-yong, Senior National Planning Secretary Lee Kwan-seop, Senior Public Relations Secretary Kim Eun-hye, and Senior Social Affairs Secretary Ahn Sang-hoon.