Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Implements Organizational Restructuring Including Headquarters Staff Reduction

Organizational Restructuring into 3 Bureaus, 2 Deputy Directors, 1 Division, 14 Sections, and 63 Teams

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 24th that it will implement an organizational restructuring effective March 1 to enhance organizational efficiency by reducing personnel at the headquarters and to proactively respond to changes in the educational environment due to COVID-19.

This organizational restructuring was promoted to accommodate changes in the educational environment in the post-COVID era and to actively respond to the future education transition.

The main contents include downsizing tasks and reducing personnel in preparation for difficult situations such as a sharp decline in student numbers leading to decreased revenue and reductions in total personnel cost grants from the Ministry of Education, as well as strengthening support functions for schools in the field.

The Office of Education plans to reduce 30 personnel at the headquarters and reallocate the secured positions to regional education support offices and schools.

Additionally, to establish a remote learning platform and system amid the COVID-19 situation, a ‘Smart Education Team’ will be newly established under the Future Talent Division, and the Innovation Education Division’s Rural Education Support Team will be reorganized into the Small School Support Team to strengthen support for small schools and revitalize rural study programs.

Accordingly, the headquarters’ organizational structure will be reorganized into ‘3 bureaus, 2 deputy directors, 1 division, 14 departments, and 63 teams.’

Affiliated institutions will also be reorganized. The operation of the Jeonnam Media Center under the Creative Convergence Education Institute will be transferred to the Jeollanam-do Education Research and Information Institute to strengthen career and vocational mentoring through the use of the Media Center. To foster ecological sensitivity and support the formation of eco-friendly values and integrate environmental tasks, the Suncheon Bay Ecological Culture Education Center will be reassigned under the Creative Convergence Education Institute.

The Office of Education plans to enhance efficiency and flexibility by streamlining the headquarters organization through this restructuring while strengthening support for schools in the field.

Superintendent Jang Seok-woong stated, “We will operate projects without increasing personnel by appropriately designing tasks and rationally distributing work even for new projects. Unnecessary tasks will be boldly abolished, and exhibition-type projects will be drastically reduced to increase school autonomy and allow teachers to focus on educational activities.”

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