Gyeongnam Office of Education, Organizational Restructuring Focused on Field Support

Reducing Headquarters Staff to Expand Education Support Offices,
Strengthening School Work Support Centered on 18 Integrated School Support Centers

Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education is announcing details related to organizational restructuring. (Photo by Gyeongnam Office of Education)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] The Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education will implement an organizational restructuring focused on field support as of March 1 to achieve a "Great Transformation in Gyeongnam Education."

The core direction of the restructuring is to reduce personnel at the headquarters and affiliated institutions and reassign them to the education support offices, transforming the organization to focus on school educational activities.

The restructuring includes expanding the "School Integrated Support Centers," which were piloted in six regions last year, to all 18 education support offices to carry out various school support activities.

Additionally, to provide stable support for educational activities, administrative tasks for teachers will be reduced through the operation of integrated support teams and call centers.

To respond to the era of climate crisis and environmental disasters, climate and environmental education will be strengthened, and a new department for the Green Smart Future School Project will be established.

Through this organizational restructuring, the headquarters will reorganize its structure from the current "3 bureaus, 2 offices, 2 deputy offices, 15 divisions, 1 team, and 77 positions" to "3 bureaus, 2 offices, 1 deputy office, 16 divisions, 2 teams, and 76 positions."

For affiliated institutions, the "Facility Supervision Team," which has been operating for facility construction supervision, will be abolished and replaced with external supervision to enhance fairness.

The total staff number of 5,757 will remain unchanged, with the headquarters and affiliated institutions reducing their staff by 20 and 41 respectively, while the education support offices will increase by 61 due to the establishment of the School Integrated Support Centers and other factors.

The organizational restructuring will be implemented from March 1 after going through legislative notice and approval at the January extraordinary session this year.

Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education, said, "This year marks the beginning of a great transformation in Gyeongnam education, and this organizational restructuring is the first step in that transformation. Future education can be completed through changes in classroom instruction, so we will further strengthen instructional innovation."

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