Daegu City Councilor Lee Jaehwa: "Educational Environment Must Be Free of Discrimination for Socially Vulnerable Groups"

Criticism at Daegu Office of Education Audit

Daegu City Council Education Committee member Lee Jae-hwa (People Power Party·Seo-gu 2) called for the establishment of a sustainable basic academic skills safety net for students struggling with learning difficulties due to dyslexia and borderline intelligence during the administrative audit of the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education and its affiliated institutions, which has been ongoing since the 7th. He also criticized the high absenteeism rate among teachers in group education courses and urged the preparation of measures to prevent recurrence.

Council member Lee Jae-hwa stated, “During the COVID-19 period, interpersonal relationships have decreased, causing developmental delays or missed opportunities, leading to an increase in students with special factors such as dyslexia and borderline intelligence,” and added, “Now, as concerns about learning gaps after remote classes grow, concrete and practical measures are needed in the school field,” urging for alternative solutions.

Daegu City Council Member Lee Jaehwa

He also inspected whether there was any budget waste due to facility investment just before the project selection for Green Smart School target schools and expressed concerns about infringement on learning rights caused by consecutive construction due to the promotion of school complex facilities.

Furthermore, he requested active collection of opinions from students and parents during the project implementation process and ordered a review of the increasing school violence situation to prepare school violence countermeasures focused on protecting victimized students.

In addition, he demanded that the Education Support Office check the utilization of the Da-itda service for multicultural family students and prepare measures to prevent reverse discrimination against native students. He strongly reprimanded the high absenteeism rate in group education courses at the Education Training Institute and urged efforts to increase training participation rates or prepare measures to prevent recurrence.

He then urged the Global Education Center to develop plans to activate programs where parents and children from multicultural families can learn together and suggested the need to establish community spaces for participants.

Council member Lee said, “In a low birthrate and aging society, multicultural families and their children will play many roles as members of our society,” emphasizing, “I hope active efforts will be made to create an integrated educational environment without discrimination against socially vulnerable groups.”