Im Tae-hee, Gyeonggi Superintendent of Education, "Overcrowded Classes Are a Problem Unique to Gyeonggi Province... Urgent Resolution Needed"

Lim Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, is speaking at the "National Assembly Forum on the Reality and Solutions of Overcrowded Classes in Gyeonggi Province" held on the 10th at the National Assembly Main Building Video Conference Room.

Lim Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, stated on the 10th that the issue of overcrowded classes in Gyeonggi Province must be "urgently resolved to provide students with a comfortable educational environment."

Superintendent Lim attended the "National Assembly Forum on the Current Status and Solutions of Overcrowded Classes in Gyeonggi Province" held in the video conference room of the National Assembly Main Building in the afternoon, emphasizing, "While the school-age population is declining nationwide, Gyeonggi Province is the only region with many development areas where the population and number of students are increasing."

He added, "Overcrowded classes are a problem unique to Gyeonggi Province," and "the system where the Ministry of Education conducts uniform evaluations is ineffective for Gyeonggi, so we continuously raise the issue and request system improvements."

In particular, he stated, "The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education operates based on three firm principles: student-centeredness, cooperation with local governments, and monitoring changes in student numbers," and argued that "active cooperation from the central government, local governments, and the legislature is necessary to resolve overcrowded classes."

As a short-term measure to address overcrowded classes, the Gyeonggi Office of Education is promoting the conversion of special classrooms into general classrooms, deployment of modular teachers, and building expansions.

In the long term, efforts are underway to maintain an appropriate number of classes between schools considering regional and school-specific conditions, actively review the establishment of new schools to alleviate overcrowding in completed development areas, and request improvements to the Ministry of Education’s central investment review system.

Meanwhile, the forum held on the same day was co-hosted by 19 National Assembly members from the Gyeonggi region, including Ahn Min-seok of the Democratic Party of Korea. Along with Superintendent Lim, attendees included members of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council, the Council of Mayors and County Heads, local government heads, parents, educational organizations, and the Gyeonggi Education Research Institute.

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