Teachers' voice of discontent is growing against the performance-based pay system which was introduced in 2001 for the purpose of the improvement of the teachers' professionalism and morale boost.
However, on the contrary to the originally designed objectives, discontent among teachers has been growing over the years. Over 100,000 teachers participated in the signature collection campaign to call on the government for the abolition of the performance-based pay system, citing the reason that competition and grades based on performance appraisal among teachers have made the schools dilapidated, only to humiliate education with money.
reported by Lee Eun-young
translated by Kim Sung-jin