1日に小学校教師2人が自殺…学校業務との関連を調査=韓国
Two elementary school teachers commit suicide in one day... Investigation into connection with school work = South Korea
Two elementary school teachers were found dead in South Korea on the 31st of last month. The Education Agency in charge has launched an investigation into the relationship between the two teachers' work at the school where they worked.
According to the police on the 1st, at around 7:00 pm on the 31st of last month, a female elementary school teacher in her 30s, A, fell from an apartment in Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do.
and died. Immediately after the discovery, Mr. A was taken to the hospital and received first aid such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but he died. Police said, ``It has been determined that there is no suspicion of any crime,'' and ``No suicide note has been found.''
I did,” he said. Police are investigating the circumstances of Mr. A's death, including examining his cell phone. According to the Seoul Office of Education, Mr. A is under the jurisdiction of the Seoul/Gangseo Yangcheon Education Support Office.
Until July of this year, he was a 6th grade teacher at an elementary school and was on leave of absence. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education has sent officials to the elementary school to investigate the cause of the suicide.
In connection with this incident, an official from the Seoul Teachers' Union said through an educational media window, "Mr. A's class was a class with children who were very difficult to teach."
According to the Gunsan Marine Police Station, Mr. B, an elementary school teacher in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, also committed suicide outside the school on the 31st of last month.
Around 8:00 a.m. on the 31st, the Marine Police received a missing person report, and at around 10:25 a.m. on the 1st of the next day, they found the body of Mr. B in the sea under the Tsubaki Ohashi Bridge.
The Jeollabuk-do Office of Education has also dispatched staff to the school to investigate the cause of death.
The Jeollabukdo Teachers' Labor Union issued press materials and began demanding an investigation into the truth. The Jeonbuk branch of the National Teachers Union said, ``We have heard the unfortunate news that a teacher at a certain elementary school in Gunsan committed suicide and passed away.''
"I urge education and investigative authorities to find out exactly what happened to this teacher leading to his suicide," he said.
He continued, ``Mr. B said that there was a conflict within the workplace related to the promotion issue.''
"We must conduct a strict investigation into whether there were bullying, power harassment, or discriminatory behavior, and take measures to prevent recurrence."
2023/09/04 08:48 KST
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