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-Care workers oppose the transfer of local governments
-One day strike for “lower quality of child care”
-Teachers protested because the administrative work increased
– “The school should leave the nursery”
-When it comes to private shipments, the gap between regions is obvious
-Discuss the distribution of the budget of the central and local governments.
Concern over the claudication of the healthcare classroom (reported in 5 pages of the international newspaper on the 4th, etc.) is increasing as healthcare specialists foretell a strike on the 6th.
According to the Busan City Bureau of Education, the Busan Branch of the School of Education and the Busan Branch of the Non-Regular Workers Union on the 5th, more than 100 of the 663 specialists working in the care classrooms of 299 primary schools in the region will go on strike on the 6th. In Busan, the operation of care classes is expected to be disrupted in 70 elementary schools participating in strikes.
The conflict is escalating between the teacher organization and the dedicated caregiver due to the promotion of the ‘Special Day Care Act’, which transfers the work of caregiving classes from schools to local governments. The essence is reduced to the question of “up to what level the school as an educational institution will be in charge of the child care area.” Not only the care classes, but also the “after-school classes”, where education and child care are mixed, have a trigger for conflict.
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| A solidarity class at a primary school in Busan. International newspaper DB |
■ An old, superficial conflict
Programs with childcare functions, such as babysitting classes and after-school classes, were the subject of controversy in front-line denominations. The workload is said to have increased as a dedicated teacher is in charge of administrative tasks such as calculating salaries for the care class and extracurricular classes, hiring and managing extracurricular teachers. An elementary school teacher said that “(the care class) is one of the tasks to be avoided.” For this reason, teacher organizations insist that the local government should take over the childcare area.
On the other hand, the dedicated caregiver objects and says that if the kind of care is transferred to the local government, the quality of child care is apparently deteriorating. In addition, he is also demanding better treatment, saying that the type of work for a full-time caregiver who works 4 or 5 hours a day should be changed to an 8-hour full-time system.
The Ministry of Education or the Busan City Office of Education have not been able to present measures. As a countermeasure to the ‘care strike’ on the 4th, the City Office of Education ▷ recommends maximum family care ▷ Managers such as principals and assistant principals should see children in need of care in the library and counseling room ▷ Teachers will take care of needy students Send instructions such as things to the front line school. Kim Mo (41, Busanjin-gu), who is sending her second-year children to the care class, urged fundamental action, saying, “I have to find a place to send my children when a problem arises.”
■ The role of government and local governments must be divided
If the care class is transferred to a local government, as in the special law around the clock, side effects are also a concern. There is the problem that local governments must ensure the physical and human infrastructure for care classes at this time. When the kind of care is entrusted to the private sector, the gap in the quality of child care will inevitably widen depending on the degree of financial independence.
In the end, it is a reality that we have no choice but to use the school space as it is now. There is also confidence in public education. Ahn Jin-kyung, executive director of the Busan Child Care True Parents Association, said: “Because trusting and sending to the care room is done within the school. If the care class leaves the school, there is a limit for the children to use the schoolyard or the health room freely ”.
In the reality that the field of child care has entered schools, there is a strong voice that there must be a division of roles, such as financial support from government and local governments. It is said that it is necessary to support the administrative staff who will be in charge of the care room and share labor costs to meet the growing demand for child care. Ahn, the executive director of the True Childcare Alliance, advised: “If school administrators are in charge of after-school care and classes, the burden on teachers will be reduced.” Reporter Kim Hwa-young
