Hsinchu City Councilor Zeng Zicheng requested that the traffic guidance and nursing work of campuses at all levels should be handed over to professionals, and teachers should be allowed to return to teaching and campuses.

(Photo by reporter Hong Meixiu)

[Reporter Hong Meixiu/Hsinchu Report] Hsinchu City Councilor Zeng Zicheng held a press conference today and said that the current campus guidance and nursing work in Hsinchu City is mostly carried out by teachers, but the guidance and nursing work is dangerous. If a traffic accident occurs, it is even more difficult to obtain reasonable compensation. Call on the city government to allow teachers to return to teaching, and the guidance and nursing work should be performed by professionals, so as to avoid the situation where powers and responsibilities are not separated.

Zeng Zicheng mentioned that in 1995, in Jiaming Elementary School, Xiulin Township, Hualien County, a teacher surnamed Yang did not supervise the children who stayed in the school to clean up because of the work of standing guard. As a result, a student surnamed Yu was injured by a classmate with a plastic basket The right eye was blind for life. The parents filed a national compensation lawsuit. The Hualien District Court ruled in the first instance that the school and teachers were negligent in performing their duties.

Although the judgment of the second instance was changed to no compensation, and the judgment of the third instance was maintained, the teachers and the school were already physically and mentally exhausted.

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In addition, a female teacher surnamed Liang from Fengxiang Junior High School in Kaohsiung City was performing traffic guidance at the end of 2010. She was permanently disabled after being hit by a vehicle running a red light and required special care for her life. Due to the inability of the station guide to source the basic payment, no compensation has been obtained so far.

Zeng Zicheng said that he has recently received many petitions from teachers, hoping that the city government will allow teachers to return to teaching, and the job of tutoring will be handed over to professionals, because teachers are burdened with a lot of invisible pressure at this stage. Teachers are always forced to perform the work of guiding, but there is no source of law in Taiwan that stipulates that teachers should stand as guiding.

In addition, the teacher cannot take into account the safety of the students on campus during the period when the teacher is serving as a traffic guide. Who should guard the safety of the students during this period when the teacher is not on campus?

Zeng Zicheng also appealed to the Municipal Education Office to resolve the doubts about the guidance and nursing work of the teachers' stations, so that teachers can return to teaching, and the guidance and nursing will be carried out by professionals.

The Municipal Office of Education stated that it is duty-bound to protect the safety of students. At present, the focus of the school guides and nurses on duty is the work area on duty, the school's work allocation and planning arrangements for the guides and nurses on duty, and the insurance protection of the guides and nurses.

In the future, the city government will continue to improve the school trails around the campus, traffic environment, intersection signs and markings, and improve law enforcement.

At the same time, the implementation plan for recruiting "Honorary Traffic Volunteers" in primary and secondary schools in Hsinchu City was also formulated, and each school will abide by it.

At the same time, traffic guidance volunteers will be recruited, and the police stations stationed in the district and Yijiao will be invited to assist in traffic control at intersections and increase the capacity of traffic guidance personnel.

And insure the group accident insurance for the traffic guidance and protection staff to ensure the safety and security on duty.

At the same time, it will reflect the on-site traffic guidance response and resolve doubts to the central government, and establish and improve regulations and supporting measures.

Hsinchu City Councilor Zeng Zicheng (middle) requested that the school traffic guidance should be handed over to professionals, and teachers should be allowed to return to teaching and campus.

(Photo by reporter Hong Meixiu)