Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Holds Public Hearing on 'Jeonnam Future Education in the 4th Industrial Revolution Era'

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education held a public hearing with the educational community to explore future education and personnel innovation measures.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 11th that it held an online public hearing for the educational community to explore “Measures for Future Education and Personnel Innovation in Jeonnam in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution and Declining School-Age Population.”

The public hearing was attended by the main office, city and county education support offices, students, faculty and staff, parents, and representatives of teacher organizations, who together discussed future education and personnel innovation plans for Jeonnam under the theme “Beyond Innovation to the Future, Competency is the Future.”

Professor Lee Dong-sung of Jeonju National University of Education, who served as a lecturer, presented tasks for a sustainable comprehensive development plan for Jeonnam’s future education, including ▲realization of competency-centered education ▲responsible education based on fairness and inclusion ▲personnel and administration centered on educational activities ▲establishment of autonomy, cooperation, and an educational ecosystem.

Superintendent Jeon Hyung-kwon delivered a keynote presentation titled “Imagination, the 10-Year Growth Story of Student Kim Mirae,” proposing a three-stage development roadmap for Jeonnam’s future education, followed by a keynote on “Personnel Innovation Measures” by Superintendent Beom Mi-kyung of the Provincial Office of Education.

The panel discussion chaired by Heo Seong-gyun, Gokseong Education Superintendent, included panelists Jang Seong-mo, Haenam Education Superintendent; Kwon Hyuk-beom, CEO of Yeomin Dongrak; Kim Yoo-dong, head of the Innovation School Team at the Provincial Office of Education; Lee Gye-jun, principal of Byeollyang Middle School; and Jeon Hyung-kwon, Planning and Coordination Team Leader at the Provincial Office of Education.

In the panel discussion chaired by Kim Gap-su, principal of Mokpo High School, participants included Jang Yong-cheol, principal of Oeseo Elementary School; Han Chang-su, vice principal of Bitgaram Elementary School; Park Eung-in, teacher at Oryong Middle School; Yoon Yang-il, Finance Department of the Provincial Office of Education; and Beom Mi-kyung, Policy Evaluation Team Leader of the Provincial Office of Education.

The Provincial Office of Education set four core strategic tasks to realize Jeonnam-type future schools and sustainable Jeonnam education: ▲competency-centered education preparing for life ▲implementation of inclusive and fair responsible education ▲administration and personnel innovation centered on educational activities ▲establishment of an autonomous and cooperative educational ecosystem.

To accelerate “Jeonnam-type future education,” plans were also presented to significantly reorganize the administrative organization to focus on school support. In preparation for the decentralization of authority and affairs from the Ministry of Education to local governments, the Provincial Office of Education will focus on policy development and project planning, while city and county education support offices will redefine their roles as educational platforms.

In particular, through bold personnel system innovation, capable talents will be placed in the right positions, and to strengthen faculty and staff competencies, lifecycle-based training will be enhanced to continuously expand and reproduce the driving force for future education promotion, according to the Provincial Office of Education’s plan.

Based on the opinions from the public hearing, the Provincial Office of Education plans to complete the final version of the “Jeonnam Future Education Comprehensive Development Plan” by the end of this year through a task force (TF) composed of 10 external experts and 35 internal education office personnel, as well as workshops by subcommittees.

Superintendent Jang Seok-woong said, “The 4th Industrial Revolution, declining school-age population, and educational disparities are rapidly spreading new educational demands that will replace traditional knowledge-based education,” adding, “I hope that the comprehensive development plan for Jeonnam’s future education will be prepared, including classrooms where competency-centered education is realized, responsible education based on fairness and inclusion where democracy is learned, and village education that serves as a foundation for learning and life.”

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