Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Announces Personnel Appointments for Educational Professionals Including Principals and Vice Principals

157 Principals, 51 Vice Principals, and 75 Educational Specialists Promoted, Transferred, and Reassigned

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced personnel appointments for 369 individuals, including principals, directors, vice principals, vice directors, and education specialists, effective from the 1st of next month on the 13th.

In this personnel appointment, 157 principals and directors (20 promotions, 3 transfers, 6 appointments to superintendent-designated schools, 12 contract expirations, 9 recruitments, 57 reappointments, 40 relocations, 10 deferrals) and 51 vice principals and vice directors (29 promotions, 10 transfers, 12 relocations) were promoted, transferred, or relocated. Additionally, 32 supervisors and education researchers, and 43 educational officers and researchers were transferred or relocated.

Under the newly implemented ‘Superintendent-Designated School Principal Appointment System’ this year, 4 elementary school principals (Naju Jungang Elementary, Golyak Elementary, Cheontae Elementary, Muan Haengbok Elementary) and 2 middle school principals (Suncheon Wangui Middle, Okgwa Middle) were appointed.

An official from the Provincial Office of Education stated, “For teachers, this personnel appointment focused on fairness and enhancing school educational capacity, while for education specialists, it emphasized professionalism and innovative capabilities to lead and support the realization of innovative Jeonnam education.” He added, “The personnel appointments for education specialists focused on selecting individuals with leadership in innovative education, considering the characteristics of each institution to strengthen the policy functions of the Provincial Office of Education, improve the efficiency of affiliated organizations, and expand the school support system of education support offices.”

He continued, “This personnel appointment reflected the preferences of the candidates as much as possible, considering their length of service and contributions to school education, expecting that satisfaction with the appointments would lead to improvements in school educational capacity.” He also added, “In cases where education officers were transferred to principals, the usual practice of assigning them to preferred regional central schools was broken, and instead, they were mainly assigned to small schools based on their preferences, contributing to the Provincial Office of Education’s efforts to revitalize small schools.”

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