Lin Shuojie, chairman of the board of directors of the entire education industry, questioned today that the Tainan city government forced teachers to assist in distributing epidemic prevention subsidies for children, killing grass-roots teachers.

(Provided by Lin Shuojie)

[Reporter Lin Xiaoyun/Taipei Report] Just after the 928 Teachers' Day, the National Federation of Education Industry today questioned that primary schools in Tainan City received an instruction from Mayor Huang Weizhe asking school teachers to assist in distributing epidemic prevention subsidies for children aged 2 to under 6 years old. Teachers complained to the whole teaching property, criticizing this move and killing grass-roots teachers.

Lin Shuojie, chairman of the board of directors of the whole education industry, said that according to the instructions provided by the Tainan city teachers about the Tainan city government, the period of issuing the epidemic prevention subsidy for children is about one month, from September 29 to October 28, every day from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. At this point, the school will arrange 3 people, including 1 verification person, 1 person who organizes information and assists with photocopying, 1 person for cash distribution, a total of 3 people, waiting to receive it at any time every day.

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Lin Shuojie said that the whole teaching industry has received a complaint from teachers. In addition to having more than 10 classes per week for teachers and administrators, there are still many epidemic prevention matters to be taken into account during the epidemic. To cope with the routine visits and evaluations of the municipal government, it can be said that the teachers have to be exhausted several times, and they are no longer able to handle it.

Lin Shuojie pointed out that, especially in small schools, the manpower is already seriously insufficient. As a result, the city government also requires schools to assist in distributing epidemic prevention subsidies for children that are completely unrelated to education, and a large number of parents are admitted to the school, which increases the chance of contact between teachers and the public. Recently The outbreak of Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) has heated up, and many school teachers have been diagnosed, which has caused the dilemma that schools cannot find substitute teachers. Hsinchu City has even reported that teachers have been diagnosed and quarantined, and even Hsinchu City Councillors have to return to school. Substitute for "fighting fires", questioning the unreasonable demands of the Tainan City Government.