Gwangju Office of Education to File Proxy Complaint Against Two Parents for Violating Teachers’ Rights

Repeated Complaints and Lawsuits Disrupt Homeroom Teacher’s Guidance
Teacher Rights Committee Rules on Obstruction of Official Duties and False Accusation
Complaints Continue Even After Class Change and Special Education Measures
“An Unavoidable Decision to Protect Legitimate Educational Activities”

The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education announced on October 2, 2025, that it has decided to file a proxy complaint against two parents on charges of obstruction of official duties and false accusation for repeatedly interfering with a homeroom teacher's legitimate student guidance.

Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education.

The Office of Education took this action in accordance with the resolution of the Gwangju City Teacher Rights Protection Committee, which was held in the main conference room of the headquarters on October 1. The Teacher Rights Protection Committee, based on the Special Act on the Improvement of Teachers’ Status and Protection of Educational Activities, allows the superintendent to file a complaint on behalf of teachers who have suffered violations of their rights.

According to the committee, Parent A has, since March last year, refused to comply with the homeroom teacher’s student guidance, repeatedly demanding a school-wide investigation and replacement of the homeroom teacher, filing two complaints through the National Petition System, and reporting alleged child abuse.

Parent B, in May of the same year, was found to have interfered with educational activities through their actions regarding student guidance, and as a result, the Regional Teacher Rights Protection Committee ordered a class change for the student, nine hours of special education for the student, and nine hours of special education for the parent. Nevertheless, Parent B continued to challenge the teacher’s student guidance through additional complaints to the National Petition System, the “Message to the Superintendent” platform, applications for student rights relief, and administrative appeals. Parent B also filed criminal complaints against the homeroom teacher for alleged abuse of authority and unlawful confinement, thereby continuously disrupting educational activities.

The committee determined that both parents, under the pretext of exercising their rights, repeatedly filed indiscriminate complaints and lawsuits, infringing on teachers’ educational activities and undermining the learning rights of many students, ultimately diminishing the overall educational capacity of the school.

Superintendent Lee Jungseon stated, “As a superintendent, deciding to file a complaint against parents was by no means an easy decision, but we must respond firmly to repeated and serious violations of teachers’ rights. This measure was an unavoidable choice to protect teachers’ legitimate educational activities and to restore normalcy to the educational environment.”