Kim Sang-gwon, Gyeongnam Superintendent of Education and Unified Moderate-Conservative Candidate, Announces Pledge for 'Normalization of Gyeongnam Education'

The 1st Press Conference Held

Kim Sang-kwon, the unified moderate-conservative candidate for Gyeongnam Superintendent of Education, held a press conference to announce his pledges on the 28th. Photo by Lee Se-ryeong @ryeong

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Kim Sang-kwon, the moderate-conservative unified candidate for Gyeongnam Superintendent of Education, held a press conference on the 28th to announce his campaign pledges.

Candidate Kim, a preliminary candidate for superintendent, presented five major pledges under the slogan "No more Jeon-gyo-jo superintendents! Normalizing Gyeongnam Education."

Kim criticized, "Although the future was proclaimed under Jeon-gyo-jo superintendents, the quality of Gyeongnam education has regressed, policies deviating from the essence of education have run rampant, and politically biased and indiscriminate personnel appointments occurred."

He explained, "According to the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, from 2016 to 2020, the average proportion of the top three grades in Korean, English, and Mathematics sections of the College Scholastic Ability Test ranked 15th out of 17 cities and provinces nationwide, near the bottom."

On this day, Kim proposed five pledges to revive the collapsed Gyeongnam education system.

▲ Revolutionary academic achievement improvement ▲ Establishment of a future-ready digital education environment ▲ Realization of educational welfare meeting diverse demands ▲ Creation of a healthy and safe school environment ▲ Implementation of fair and reasonable personnel appointments and establishment of an administrative system.

He said, "Without exams or assessments, it is impossible to know how much children know or how much their academic ability has improved," adding, "We will properly diagnose and understand growth levels by introducing the Gyeongnam-type standard achievement evaluation system and provide level-specific learning content."

He also listed detailed pledges such as deploying personnel dedicated to basic academic skills and improving literacy diagnosis to strengthen foundational knowledge education.

He promised to establish a Future Education Support Center and develop a lecture-theater model for future learning classrooms to prepare a digital education environment for the future.

He stated that he would utilize the Ministry of Education-supported e-Hakseupter and Zoom cloud platforms and support user-centered AI-based edutech by supplementing the shortcomings of iTalkTalk.

He proposed practical free kindergarten education, implementation of a specialized education free school district system, and establishment of a vocational training system for students with disabilities, as well as creating clean classrooms on campus and operating a psychological and emotional counseling center for infants and toddlers.

He also said, "We will drastically reduce indiscriminate open positions and fixed-term public servant recruitment and operate regional teacher rights counseling centers to protect teacher rights."

Candidate Kim Sang-kwon emphasized, "We will break the chain where teacher rights collapse, the role of teachers in classrooms diminishes, and as a result, students' academic abilities deteriorate."

He expressed his ambition, saying, "I will be a superintendent who keeps promises," and added, "With the experience gained from starting as a teacher and working as a principal, supervisor, and director of the education bureau at the education office, I will restore the fallen Gyeongnam education and do my best to nurture future talents."

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