Daegu Superintendent of Education Kang Eun-hee: "We Will Fully Promote the Future Competency Education District"

At the 2nd Anniversary Press Conference, Emphasis on 'Expanding Educational Autonomy'

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] "We will actively promote the Daegu Future Competency Education District that we have been preparing. We will develop and implement seven district-specific specialized models such as community-based care and joint high school credit system curricula to expand educational autonomy that coexists with the local community."

Daegu Superintendent of Education Kang Eun-hee emphasized at a press conference marking her 2nd anniversary in office on the 1st, "Although we faced an unexpected crisis due to COVID-19, we will protect students' right to learn and safety in the 'post-COVID' new normal era during the remainder of my term."

Superintendent Kang, who announced plans to promote future competency education nationwide for the first time immediately after taking office, has been evaluated as bringing positive changes to schools through student-centered classroom instruction, customized educational support, autonomous school culture, and future-oriented educational spaces.

In particular, Superintendent Kang's pledge fulfillment rate is 98.8%, which is significantly higher than the national average of 47.8% for city and provincial superintendents. In 2020, she received the highest grade in the education pledge fulfillment category from the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters.

To protect students' safety and learning rights in the new normal era after COVID-19, Superintendent Kang presented four major tasks: ▲ strengthening career and college guidance within feasible quarantine measures ▲ expanding autonomy in operating in-person classes ▲ activating the Future Competency Education Policy Planning Team ▲ enhancing online and offline character education programs.

She also plans to accelerate the promotion of Daegu's future competency education. As an innovative public education model, Daegu, together with Jeju Office of Education, introduced the International Baccalaureate program for the first time in Korea, and plans to solidify its foundation while diversifying classes at the Math Experience Center and the Arts Convergence Creation Support Center.

Additionally, to allow frontline teachers to focus more on student educational activities amid the COVID-19 situation, she announced plans to reduce 164 projects including various competitions, events, and training sessions, while continuously improving work procedures and systems such as abolishing school evaluations in 2020 and shifting to consulting-centered comprehensive audits.

Superintendent Kang stressed, "I will never forget the initial mindset of being a 'prepared superintendent,' and during the remainder of my term, I will gather wisdom with the educational community to help students' future competencies flourish and turn the current COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity to advance future education."

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