The Ministry of Education said on the 9th that it will exclude after-school instructors from the even-odd license plate system for passenger cars at public institutions. Until now, after-school teachers in some regions had to follow the system like regular school staff and experienced inconvenience.
The Ministry of Education said the target of the even-odd license plate system for passenger cars at public institutions is "passenger cars used by public institutions or their executives and employees," and that after-school instructors are excluded as they are civilians.
The government is enforcing the even-odd license plate system for passenger cars at public institutions as concerns grow over energy supply instability due to the Middle East crisis. However, guidance from the Ministry of Education and regional education offices was unclear, causing confusion for after-school teachers who travel between multiple schools.
Subsequently, some regional education offices, including Seoul and Busan, guided that after-school teachers are not subject to the system, but in some regions such as Gyeonggi and Daegu, there were no separate guidelines, forcing teachers to take taxis or load their materials into suitcases and move.
In response, the Ministry of Education said it informed the 17 metropolitan and provincial education offices that each institution should determine whether to apply exceptions for staff such as after-school instructors and Neulbom support office heads who rotate among multiple schools.