Gyeongnam Office of Education Announces Next Year's Regular Personnel Changes... "Focus on Stable Establishment of Future Education"

370 Promotions, 648 Transfers, 209 New Appointments, Total 1,353 Personnel

Jo Young-gyu, Administrative Director of Gyeongnam Office of Education, is announcing the regular personnel appointment of local government officials effective January 1, 2023.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] The Gyeongnam Office of Education announced the results of the regular personnel appointments for local government officials effective January 1 next year.

According to the provincial Office of Education on the 19th, there will be 370 promotions, 648 transfers, 209 new appointments, and 126 retirements and retirement preparation trainings, totaling 1,353 personnel.

This personnel appointment is the first regular local government official personnel appointment conducted since Superintendent Park Jong-hoon’s third term inauguration.

The provincial Office of Education promoted three Grade 5 officials to Grade 4 secretaries and appointed 19 Grade 6 officials to Grade 5 officials after competency evaluations.

▲ Public Relations Officer Lee Jong-seop ▲ Audit Office Kim Hwan-su ▲ Director of Educational Information Department Kim Yoon-hee ▲ Director of Safety General Department Ahn Seung-gi ▲ Educational Training Institute Jo Yi-bong ▲ Masan Library Director Kwon Sang-tae ▲ Central Educational Training Institute dispatchees Lee Dong-chun, Shin Seung-wook, and Choi Chi-yong were appointed as Grade 4 officials.

Grade 4 promotions include ▲ Policy Planning Officer Jeong Mi-ja ▲ Facility Director Lee Jong-bu ▲ Gyeongsang National University dispatchee Kim Young-i.

To address the increase in workload at institutions and schools, 302 new public officials were hired.

Reflecting voices from the field concerned about workload overload and delays in work progress due to manpower shortages caused by policy projects and new project execution, 21 technical public officials were additionally hired in the second half of the year and all were assigned this time.

An official from the provincial Office of Education explained, “Personnel appointments were made focusing on the stable establishment of the Gyeongnam future education system, which aims for the values of independence and coexistence.”

“Transfers of main office directors and education support office directors were minimized to ensure the stable promotion of future education,” and “Vacancies were filled to support institutions and schools facing difficulties due to increased workload from manpower shortages caused by resignations, retirements, leaves of absence, and new policy projects such as Green Smart Future Schools,” they added.

Administrative Director Jo Young-gyu said, “To complete the future education system, personnel were allocated appropriately to strengthen expertise and on-site support capabilities.”

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