Park Jong-hoon Inaugurated as Gyeongnam Superintendent of Education: "Only for Gyeongnam Education, Only for Gyeongnam Students"

Gyeongnam Superintendent of Education Park Jong-hoon is delivering his inaugural speech on July 1. / Photo by Ryeong Lee

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] “Only for Gyeongnam education, only for Gyeongnam students, we will move forward with future education.”

Park Jong-hoon, the superintendent of Gyeongnam Education Office who succeeded in becoming the first three-term superintendent in Gyeongnam, declared this in his inauguration speech on the 1st.

Superintendent Park said, “Preparing for Gyeongnam’s future education, the spirit of the times that our education must embody now, and the educational values that transcend all eras are independence and coexistence,” adding, “We aim to cultivate in students the power of independence to live on their own and the power of coexistence to cooperate with others to build a better community.”

He added, “The goal and core of Gyeongnam’s future education is to foster future competencies that create new knowledge and values through the powers of independence and coexistence.”

On that day, the superintendent promised three directions for Gyeongnam’s future education: ▲ education that turns each student’s individuality into life strength ▲ education that realizes everyone’s potential ▲ education where everywhere is a school and everyone is a teacher.

He continued, “We must not confine our children with knowledge created by the older generation,” emphasizing, “We must nurture in our students the power to walk paths no one has taken, not fear trial and error, and ultimately create completely new knowledge and values.”

Superintendent Park Jong-hoon said, “Each student’s life itself is Gyeongnam’s future education,” and “The future education of Gyeongnam, which has already begun, will grow into the future education of the Republic of Korea.”

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