Park Jong-hoon, Gyeongnam Superintendent of Education, Marks 1st Anniversary in Office: "I Will Open a New Horizon for Gyeongnam Education"

Jong-hoon Park, Superintendent of Education of Gyeongnam Province, held a press conference on the first anniversary of his third inauguration on the 27th in the medium conference room on the 2nd floor of the Provincial Office of Education.

Superintendent Park was elected as the 18th Superintendent of Education in the recent nationwide local elections, successfully securing a third term, marking his ninth year in office this year.

As he serves his final term as superintendent, Park reflected on his first year as a three-term superintendent, saying, “We are doing our best to cultivate the competencies necessary for students to live in a rapidly changing and uncertain future society through student-tailored education for independence and ecological transition education for coexistence.”

He added, “The essence of education that we must never lose sight of is ultimately people,” and said, “We will restore school education capacity through cooperation among school members and tailored support so that all members can focus on educational activities, opening a new horizon for Gyeongnam education.”

He promised, “We will create Gyeongnam education where teachers can teach with peace of mind, focusing on improving academic achievement and restoring relationships, ensuring that no student is left behind.”

Park Jong-hoon, the 18th Superintendent of Gyeongnam Education, is sharing his reflections at a press conference held to mark the first anniversary of his inauguration.
[Photo by Lee Se-ryeong]

To this end, he proposed ▲expanding the placement of administrative staff to middle schools ▲strengthening the activities of the teacher rights protection support group ▲suggesting improvements to laws and systems to prevent child abuse and school violence ▲operating online Nuri classrooms outside of school and advanced courses of I-Talk-Talk for children in rural and fishing villages ▲operating learning support groups to improve basic academic skills ▲strengthening support for basic learning and psychological counseling ▲expanding the role of relationship recovery support groups ▲and enhancing student self-governance activities.

He also stated that parental participation would be increased by operating parent academies, field-customized parent support centers, child-rearing counseling with families, and psychological recovery support programs, reflecting the needs and characteristics of parents.

The Future Education Center, scheduled to open in September this year, will conduct a pilot operation with a small number of students starting from the last week of July and hold an opening ceremony in early September.

Up to 1,000 students per session will be divided into groups of 500 to alternately participate in internally produced experiences at the center and regionally linked programs. This year, it will operate every day of the week without breaks, including vacations and weekends, and next year, it plans to close on Mondays.

Together with the Career Education Center, scheduled to open in 2025, they will establish a future-based education system that analyzes and manages 12 years of learning records to provide optimized learning opportunities.

He said, “Education must imagine the future of children who will live in society, and its effects can be realized steadily, step by step,” adding, “This is why the Gyeongnam Office of Education is committed to considering the future of children and realizing education for independence and coexistence.”

He continued, “The achievements of Gyeongnam education accumulated over the past nine years are thanks to the active participation and support of the residents of Gyeongnam and the educational community,” and said, “We will strive to realize future education where imagination becomes reality.”

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