Jang Seok-woong, Jeonnam Superintendent of Education, Holds Dialogue with Yeosu Parents

Jang Seok-woong, Superintendent of Jeonnam Education, had a conversation with parents in the Yeosu area. Photo by Jeonnam Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jang Seok-woong, Superintendent of Education of Jeonnam, urged parents in the Yeosu area to actively participate in education during a meeting with them on the 7th.

Superintendent Jang attended the Yeosu Parents Association Workshop held at the Liberal Arts Building Joint Lecture Room of Jeonnam National University Yeosu Campus that morning, promising to revitalize parental participation in education and provide active support.

About 90 people, including presidents and executives of parent associations from various schools in the Yeosu area, attended the workshop.

During the dialogue session with the superintendent under the theme of "The Role of Parents for Learning and Growth Centered on a Happy Student Life," parents proposed ▲ administrative and financial support for parent association activities ▲ increased parental roles in handling school violence ▲ measures to address learning loss amid the COVID-19 situation.

Parents requested, "Please expand administrative and financial support so that parents can contribute more to the development of Jeonnam education," and added, "Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, learning loss and academic gaps have occurred. We hope the education office will establish effective countermeasures for this."

They also said, "Parental roles are important to resolve school violence within schools," and requested, "We hope the education office will provide possible support so that parents can mediate and reconcile between victim and perpetrator students."

In response, Superintendent Jang promised, "We will prepare and implement multifaceted support measures to guarantee parental participation in school education activities, and help parents actively mediate so that school violence can be smoothly handled within schools."

Superintendent Jang emphasized, "In the third term of the elected administration, Jeonnam education is pursuing various measures such as reducing school tasks so that teachers can focus solely on educational activities and actively supporting professional learning communities."

He added, "Since taking office, we have promoted various educational welfare projects such as free high school education. True welfare is learning welfare where everyone can start from an equal starting line," and reiterated, "To realize learning welfare, we will prepare multifaceted measures to improve basic academic skills and promote them as the most core policy of the provincial education office."

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