Manifesto: "Park Jonghun's Gyeongnam Superintendent of Education Election Pledge, the Most Outstanding"

The Only One Among Nationwide City and Province Education Superintendents to Win an Award in the Election Pledge Category

Election campaign material of Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of Education of Gyeongnam, during the nationwide local elections last June.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Park Jonghun, Superintendent of Education of Gyeongnam, was selected as the best in the election pledge book category for the 2022 Manifesto Local Election Promise Award announced by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters on the 2nd.

The Manifesto Headquarters conducted a full survey to discover excellent cases of concreteness and preparation processes by targeting promotional materials, pledge books, election pledge books, and election bulletins of preliminary candidates during the local elections in June.

According to the headquarters on the 2nd, after a full survey of election pledge books and election bulletins, the first evaluation was conducted on ▲Goals (concreteness, 10 points) ▲Priority (clarity, 10 points) ▲Implementation procedure (systematicness, 10 points) ▲Implementation period (rationality, 10 points) ▲Funding plan (safety, 10 points), etc.

Then, based on the official documents submitted by city and provincial superintendents of education, the second evaluation was conducted on ▲Philosophy and vision (consistency, 10 points) ▲Preparation process (democracy, 10 points), and the scores of the first and second evaluations were converted to a perfect score of 100 points to select the awardees.

According to the provincial office of education, Superintendent Park was the only one among all city and provincial superintendents of education nationwide to receive the highest award in the election pledge book category.

An education office official stated, “He clearly presented policy goals, implementation procedures, funding plans, priorities, and implementation periods in each area of future schools, future education, future care, and future education communities.”

Superintendent Park said, “The important thing is not the award but the actual fulfillment of the pledge,” adding, “We will establish and implement a more detailed and substantial pledge plan to realize self-reliant and coexistent future education in Gyeongnam.”

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