Completely Changed Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Policy Meeting 'Free Discussion'

Key Policy Meetings Reduced to Twice a Month, Mutual Discussion of Current Issues

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education's policy meetings have transformed from a simple reporting format to a freely discussing style.

On the 13th, according to the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education, the office changed the 'Weekly Policy Meeting,' which mainly consisted of one-sided reports and sequential speeches, to a 'Major Policy Meeting' format where policies and current issues are freely discussed.

Until now, the 'Weekly Policy Meeting' had been criticized for its significantly weak discussion function as it was conducted in a one-sided reporting and simple departmental work-sharing manner.

In response, the Office of Education changed the policy meetings by omitting simple departmental work reports in a presentation format and adopting a method of freely discussing with each other. Additionally, they attempted a new change by sharing and exchanging diverse opinions on departmental policy implementation status and current issues without restrictions.

This change in meeting operation was made following Superintendent Kim Dae-jung's demand for improving the meeting culture, stating that "productive changes are needed starting from the meeting culture for efficient operation of the 4th elected term."

The first 'Major Policy Meeting' held on the 11th was evaluated to have derived implications for a major transformation in Jeonnam education through heated discussions and various opinions on key departmental current projects.

An official from the Office of Education stated, "To improve work linkage efficiency, the weekly meetings held so far will be reduced from four times a month to twice a month," and added, "We expect productive meetings to be conducted through free expression of opinions on policies after proposing the status of policy implementation and matters requiring discussion."

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