3-Term Gyeongnam Education Kickoff... Superintendent Park Jong-hoon Announces Regular Local Government Personnel Appointments

Promotion of 206 including 1 Level 3, 494 Transfers, 26 New Appointments, Total 847

New Level 6 Future Competency Enhancement Course, 21 Dispatched to Gyeongnam Education Training Institute

Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of Education for Gyeongnam Province (center), is announcing the regular personnel appointments for local government officials on July 1. / Photo by Lee Se-ryeong ryeong@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Se-ryeong] Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of Gyeongnam Office of Education, announced the regular personnel appointments for local government officials effective July 1 on the 21st.

The appointments include a total of 847 personnel: 206 promotions consisting of 1 at grade 3, 3 at grade 4, and 202 at grade 6 or below; 494 transfers; 121 retirement and honorary retirement; and 26 new appointments.

Superintendent Park stated, “What is most needed to fully achieve educational recovery from the impact of COVID-19 is future-oriented policy capability and field-centered educational administration,” adding, “The personnel appointments were made with a focus on preparation and effort toward this goal.”

Regarding the overall personnel direction, he said, “We focused on large-scale rotational transfers, education support activities linked with local communities, and establishing a field-centered educational administration system,” and added, “Through promotions, we aimed to boost the morale of local government officials and assigned suitable personnel to frontline schools for staffing and rotational transfers by considering transfer ranking lists and job performance capabilities.”

According to the provincial Office of Education, Kang Man-jo, Director of School Support Division, was promoted to grade 3 and appointed as the successor to Kim Hae, Director of Gimhae Library, who is entering honorary retirement.

The grade 4 appointments include ▲ Shin Seung-wook, Public Relations Officer ▲ Kim Tae-gyun, Director of Educational Welfare Division ▲ Hwang Dul-sook, Director of General Affairs Division ▲ Heo Jae-young, Director of School Support Division ▲ Kwon Sang-tae, Director of Safety General Division ▲ Kim Soon-hee, Director of Finance Division ▲ Ryu Hae-sook, Director of Future School Promotion Team ▲ Lee Dong-chun, Director of Education Training Institute ▲ Kim Ki-nam, Director of Research Information Center ▲ Lee Jung-soo, Director of Science Education Center ▲ Jang Kyung-mi, Director of Gimhae Education Support Office.

Additionally, three individuals were promoted to grade 4: ▲ Choi Chi-yong, Policy Planning Officer ▲ Lee Jong-seop, Auditor ▲ Son Nam-gu, Research Information Center.

Superintendent Park explained that transfers of educational administrative officials at grade 6 or below were arranged by reflecting individual transfer preferences through a transfer preference system, aiming to place them in their desired regions as much as possible.

Newly appointed officials were assigned considering the order on the new appointment candidate list, vacancies at institutions, and their residential locations.

The Gyeongnam Office of Education has established a future competency enhancement training course at the Gyeongnam Education Training Institute for grade 6 local government officials.

Through this personnel appointment, 20 educational administrative officials and 1 librarian at grade 6 were dispatched for six months of training.

Superintendent Park Jong-hoon said, “There was a lack of training courses to cultivate expertise during the promotion process of general administrative staff to section chief,” and added, “This course was created to nurture administrative leaders equipped with communication skills, insight, and job expertise to lead the future development of Gyeongnam education.”

He emphasized, “This is a course for those who will play a central role in administrative support to deepen their understanding of proper Gyeongnam educational administration support and become competent administrative experts,” and “Through this, we expect the future-oriented policy capabilities of the Gyeongnam Office of Education necessary for educational recovery and the establishment of a future education system to be further strengthened.”

An official from the provincial Office of Education stated, “We will continue to maintain the continuity of Gyeongnam education policies and respond actively and proactively to the changing educational environment, accelerating educational recovery through future-oriented policy capabilities and field-centered educational administration.”

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