Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Holds Education Innovation Policy Council Meeting

The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education held the 'Jeonnam Education Innovation Policy Council' with 68 participants, including city and county superintendents, school support center directors, and department heads of the provincial office of education. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 27th that it held the ‘Jeonnam Education Innovation Policy Council’ at the Jeonnam Student Education Center with 68 attendees including superintendents of education from 22 cities and counties, heads of school support centers, and department heads of the provincial office of education.

The council was attended by Kim Seong-il, Vice Chairman of the Jeonnam Provincial Council from Haenam County, Assemblyman Jo Gwang-young, Haenam Deputy County Governor Kang Sang-gu, Chairman Jang Woo-kwang of the Haenam Education Participation Committee, and Kim Byung-hee, President of the Haenam Parents Association Federation.

The council focused on field-centered policy implementation, with superintendents of education from 22 city and county education support offices and heads of school support centers participating in subgroup formation and topic selection to ensure sufficient sharing of agendas.

The attendees engaged in in-depth discussions on five topics: ▲ Establishment of public-private-academic intermediary support organizations for creating a regional education ecosystem ▲ Tasks and solutions for future-type integrated operation schools ▲ Equal starting points and responsibility education for basic academic skills ▲ Organizational culture innovation (integrity culture, interdepartmental collaboration) ▲ Strengthening school support by school support centers.

They also discussed ways to enhance the effectiveness and accountability of the self-evaluation of education support offices, which has been conducted since 2019, to strengthen the autonomy capabilities of education support offices.

Superintendent Jang Seok-woong said, “In preparation for the transfer of a significant portion of the Ministry of Education’s authority and tasks to metropolitan and provincial offices of education in the future, we must develop educational autonomy capabilities and strengthen the foundation. Let us gather wisdom to enhance autonomy and cooperative governance centered on education support offices, including manpower expansion, budget autonomy expansion, governance reinforcement, and establishment of intermediary support organizations.”

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