Gyeongnam Office of Education Holds '2020 Gyeongnam-type School Work Rationalization Policy Conference'

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Choi Hyun-joo] The Gyeongnam Office of Education announced on the 27th that it will hold the ‘2020 Gyeongnam-type School Work Optimization Policy Conference’ to explore efficient workload reduction measures so that teachers can focus on future education.

The conference will be held on the 28th at the Grand Mercure Ambassador in Changwon, with about 80 attendees including Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of Gyeongnam Education, Song Soon-ho, Chair of the Gyeongsangnam-do Council Education Committee, Yoon Sung-mi, Vice Chair of the Education Committee, and Shin Young-wook, Chair of the Budget and Accounts Special Committee.

Through this conference, the Office plans to seek effective ways to promote the ‘Gyeongnam-type School Work Optimization Policy’ based on this year’s results from pilot school operations and policy research.

The conference will be divided into Session I and II. In Session I, Kwon Soon-hyung, Senior Researcher in charge of the Teacher Administrative Work Reduction Project at the Korea Educational Development Institute, will give a lecture on ‘Changes in Teacher Workload Reduction Policies.’

Following that, Session II will propose policy directions for school work optimization based on the results of the operation of 17 pilot schools for school work optimization this year, presented by Jeong Yeon-hong, Principal Researcher at the Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education’s Education Research Information Center.

Finally, Professor Lee Ki-yong of Gyeongnam National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation will present a study on ‘Operation Plans for Administrative Support Staff in Individual Schools,’ proposing activation measures based on the job analysis results of administrative support personnel.

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