Reduced employment after 4 years of teacher dropouts…”Non-face-to-face effect”

[이데일리 신하영 기자] The number of faculty honorary retirees, which has steadily increased since 2017 in the aftermath of the fall of the school system, has turned to a decline in four years, with a decrease of nearly 9% from the previous year this year. It is analyzed that this is because the infringement of teachers’ authority has rather decreased due to the economic recession and the cold wave of employment caused by the coronavirus.

On the 24th, E-Daily conducted a thorough survey of the status of faculty honorary retirement in February at 17 provincial and provincial offices of education nationwide. As a result, the number of teachers withdrawal decreased in 11 out of 15. The remaining 3 increased, and 1 remained the same. The Busan and Jeonbuk Offices of Education, which have not yet determined the number of people withdrawn, were excluded.

The number of teachers scheduled to drop out next month at 15 provincial offices of education was 5315, a decrease of 494 (8.5%) compared to last year (5809). By region, Seoul decreased by 244 from 1342 to 1098, while Gyeonggi 93 and Daegu decreased by 36.

In the education world, there are reactions with unexpected results over the decline in the number of teachers withdrawn this year. This is because the number of teachers withdrawn from school has steadily increased since 2017 as the infringement of teachers’ authority has increased. According to the current status of infringement of teachers’ authority over the past five years (2016~200.8), which was submitted by Democratic Party lawmaker Seo Dong-yong from 17 provinces and provinces and offices of education in October last year, the number of infringements of teachers’ authority in front-line schools in the past five years was 10,867.

On the other hand, in the aftermath of the coronavirus last year, classes were reduced and confrontation with students and parents decreased, leading to a decrease in the infringement of teachers’ authority. According to the data of Congressman Seo, the number of infringements of teacher rights until the first semester of last year was 545, which was a decrease from the previous year.

An official from the Jeonnam Office of Education said, “Reduction of infringement on teaching authority or easing of the burden of work would have had an effect on the reduction of dropouts.” An official from the Daegu Office of Education said, “I heard it because of the difficult economic situation as some teachers who have applied for withdrawal withdrawal.”