"I feel like I'm going to die"..."Revealing the Message" left before the death of a special teacher in Incheon.

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Last month, a special class teacher in Incheon was found dead at home, and a message complaining of pain to his colleagues while he was alive was released.

On the 5th, the National Special Teachers' Union disclosed the message conversation that the special teacher A had with his colleagues and said, "The deceased has been continuously complaining to the bereaved family and surrounding colleagues."

Mr. A was found to have complained of overcrowded and special classes, separate classes on the previous day, behavioral problems for students with disabilities, complaints from parents, excessive administrative work, and lack of accountability from managers and education support offices.

A was found to have suffered from heavy work this year in charge of special classes with eight subjects of special education, including four students with severe disabilities.

Usually, the Special Education Act stipulates that elementary school students operate two or more special classes if they have seven or more students with disabilities.

Captured Kakao Talk exchanged with colleagues by a special elementary school teacher in Incheon who died on the 24th of last month / Provided by the National Special Teachers' Union

According to the released message conversation, A sent a message to a fellow teacher, "Our special class has been reduced from eight to six, and one person has transferred right away," just before the new semester began on February 22.

In addition, it was found that A was responsible for high-intensity labor that filled the number of class hours 29 hours a week. The average weekly class hours for elementary school teachers are 20 hours, and 15 to 18 hours per week for middle and high schools.

Mr. A said on June 25th, "I'm in class at 29 o'clock. I feel like I'm really going to die. He also appealed, "He didn't even give me a fixed-term system in the middle."

In addition, it was revealed that A received excessive complaints from his parents.

In a message conversation with a living acquaintance, A said, "The teacher asked me to come inside the apartment complex and guide him to school, but is this right?" "The school said that they should do that," "My class (student with disabilities) had severe problem behavior, so I applied for consulting, but they told me to observe and check," and "I went to school early today, posted two drafts, and wrote a plan." I'm still crying," he said.

Meanwhile, the school-age population is gradually decreasing, but the number of people eligible for special education nationwide increased 21% from 95,000 in 2020 to 115,610 this year.

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team