Jang Seok-woong, Jeonnam Superintendent of Education, Ranked 'Nationwide No.1' for 8 Consecutive Months in Job Performance

Superintendent Jang Seok-woong (Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jang Seok-woong, Superintendent of Education for Jeonnam Province, ranked first nationwide for the eighth consecutive month in the first job performance approval rating survey released in the new year.

According to the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education on the 10th, in the December 2019 job performance approval rating survey of the 17 elected superintendents of education nationwide conducted recently by the polling agency Realmeter, Superintendent Jang Seok-woong received a support rate of 52.0%.

This result is 2 percentage points ahead of Kim Seung-hwan, Superintendent of Education for Jeonbuk Province, who ranked second with 50.0%.

Superintendent Jang's approval rating increased by 0.6 percentage points compared to last month (51.4%) and has steadily maintained the top position for eight consecutive months since May.

The Provincial Office of Education analyzed that this result is due to Superintendent Jang's continuous promotion of student-centered classroom reform and educational innovation since taking office, which has garnered positive responses not only from the education community but also from the residents of the province.

Superintendent Jang Seok-woong said, "Thanks to the dedicated efforts and passion of the Jeonnam education family over the past year, the changes and innovations everyone hoped for seem to have achieved some results," adding, "This year as well, I will do my best to nurture our Jeonnam children into future talents."

Meanwhile, this survey was conducted from December 21 to 28 last year, targeting 17,000 men and women aged 19 and over nationwide (1,000 per city and province). The sampling error by city and province is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, and the response rate is 5.8%.

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