Education Sector Mourns Superintendent No Ok-hee... "Dedication That Does Not Give Up on a Single Child"

The portrait of No Ok-hee, Superintendent of Education of Ulsan City, who passed away on the 8th, is placed at the funeral hall of Ulsan City Hospital in Buk-gu, Ulsan City, where the funeral is being held.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The education community expressed condolences over the sudden passing of No Ok-hee, Superintendent of Education for Ulsan City.

On the 8th, Lee Ju-ho, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education, issued a condolence statement saying, "I am deeply saddened by the sudden news of the passing of Superintendent No Ok-hee of Ulsan City," and "We will never forget the passion and dedication of the late Superintendent No for the advancement of education in our country." He added, "She was the first female superintendent in the Ulsan region and devoted herself tirelessly to realizing 'Ulsan education that does not give up on a single child.' I sincerely pray for her soul and extend my deepest condolences to her bereaved family."

The National Education Public Officials Headquarters of the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union also released a statement saying, "'Ulsan education that does not give up on a single child' encapsulates everything about Superintendent No," and "She was the most proactive superintendent in educational welfare, and the educational welfare policies she was preparing make her death even more tragic." They continued, "Although today we are not even prepared to say goodbye, we express our deepest condolences to the late superintendent and her family and pray for her peaceful rest."

No Ok-hee, who served as the 1st and 2nd branch head of the Ulsan branch of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (Jeon-gyo-jo) and was a teacher at Ulsan Myeongdeok Girls' Middle School, was elected in 2018 as Ulsan's first progressive and female superintendent by advocating for expanded educational welfare and curriculum innovation, and was re-elected this year. On the same day, around 12:25 PM, she showed symptoms of cardiac arrest and collapsed during a luncheon meeting with local institution heads at a restaurant in Nam-gu, Ulsan. She was transported to the hospital but ultimately passed away.

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