Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Organizational Restructuring... Establishment of Departments Dedicated to Basic Academic Skills and Safety

A dedicated organization for basic academic skills and safety will be newly established within the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, and an organizational structure will be prepared for the construction and relocation of the new office building.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 3rd that the "Partial Amendment to the Ordinance on the Establishment of Administrative Organizations of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (Draft)" and the "Partial Amendment to the Ordinance on the Number of Local Government Officials under the Superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (Draft)" were passed at the 318th Temporary Session of the Seoul Metropolitan Council.

This organizational restructuring focuses on integrating functions scattered across various departments.

First, in response to the Seoul Metropolitan Council's request concerning concerns about the decline in basic academic skills among Seoul students due to educational deficits caused by COVID-19 and other factors, a dedicated organization for basic academic skills?covering diagnosis, evaluation, analysis, and teaching and learning?will be newly established as of July 1.

Despite frequent occurrences of student safety threats such as school zone traffic accidents, safety functions have been dispersed across departments, limiting their effectiveness. To overcome this, a dedicated organization for integrated safety functions (tentatively named the Safety General Officer) will also be newly established directly under the Deputy Superintendent.

The Digital and AI Future Education Division, which handles digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI), will also be reorganized to operate key projects of Superintendent Jo Hee-yeon, such as the distribution of educational smart devices.

Jo Hee-yeon, Superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, stated, "I hope our students can receive education in a safer environment and that concerns about basic academic skills among parents and citizens will be alleviated."

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education plans to promote the organizational restructuring through future amendments to the "Enforcement Rules of the Ordinance on the Establishment of Administrative Organizations" and the "Enforcement Rules of the Ordinance on the Number of Local Government Officials."

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