To pass the plenary session of the Instructors Act

The "Law on Speakers" (bill to revise the law on higher education), which contains the elements to teach the university lecturer the status of teacher and guaranteeing the duration of his employment for a year or more, was voted in the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 29th. At the plenary session, 183 people out of 221 declared themselves in favor of the bill amending the law on higher education. There were six opposing members and 32 abstentions.

The revised Instructors Act was supplemented by the replacement of lecturers by substitute professors and visiting professors during mbad layoffs of teachers on the school site, in accordance with the lecturers' instructions. On the 12th, the Parliamentary Education Committee Act, as part of the revised Speakers Act, focused on establishing a system without side effects and was delaying the date of implementation as of August 1, 2019.

When the revised Speakers Act was pbaded, the union of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) made a statement and declared that it would welcome the budget allocation, according to the law. Korean unification professors said: "Although there have been so many unfortunate things in recent decades and the victims have been successive, our education authorities and politicians were very irresponsible, I left college, "he said. It's late, but the law enforcement review of monitors should be a starting point for the opening of a new academic society. "

▲ In front of Yeouido National Assembly in Seoul, next to the National Union Tent of University Professors at Kookmin Bank, there is a column of a lecturer at Ko University. Seo Jungmin Chosun. Photo = Jeong Min Kyung's reporter.

"The reality is still unstable and dangerous Universities are planning a large-scale restructuring on the basis of a revised law on teachers." This obviously results in mbadive layoffs of teachers, deprivation of lectures , the destruction of the educational environment of the intensification of the teaching workforce and the disruption of university ecosystems. This behavior should not be left as it is. The National Assembly and the Ministry of Education will have to curb these self-destructive actions of universities by various measures. "

Unions of Korean unification professors still have a budget allocation. "The Tripartite Commission decided that universities should not be obliged to fire teachers under the Instructors Act and that teachers who worked in silence had the largest possible budget. I hope you will support me with the cost of the workforce.Mostly, I would like to ask private speakers to take steps so that they can get benefits. "

At present, the budget has reached 55 billion won through the Education Committee. On 23 November, the budget of the revised Instructors' Bill was set at 55 billion won (salary: 45 billion won on vacation, 10 billion won for the reading capacity building project) at the meeting committee. of the Education Commission of the National Assembly.

On the other hand, major universities are being restructured, such as the dismissal of instructors and mbadive layoffs before the promulgation of the Instructors Act. More than a dozen colleges have announced their own restructuring in the media or in the interior, including Chung Ang University, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul Hagi University, Daegu University, Yonsei University, Kyunghee University, Korean University, Konkuk University, Hanyang University and Baejae University. (Related article: I've tried to change the life of a college instructor who's not better than the devices)

▲ Some of the statements of 53 professors from Hanyang University.

At Hanyang University, 53 professors said on the 28th: ​​"Stop immediately dismissing a considerable number of teachers." In this statement, 53 professors declared: "To apply the new law on wages and retirement allowances during holidays, we need more than 2-3 billion won in finance." While private universities have accumulated reserves of 8 trillion won (cumulated reserves of Hanyang Univ 2017 cumulated at 110.5 billion KRW) and that private universities need 0.01% more than the annual budget, private universities send back teachers and reform teaching. "It is a denial that it is a school in itself," he criticized the university. .

In addition, the government and the National Assembly will immediately organize and vote a budget to improve the treatment of speakers by speakers. Universities Private universities, including the university, will immediately give up various tips such as the mbad dismissal of lecturers. △ Teachers, lecturers, employees, students and students will line up to end mbadive layoffs and educational distortions.