Cheon Chang-su, Ulsan Superintendent of Education, Meets Representatives of Parent Associations by Region for Communication

Cheon Chang-su, Superintendent of Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education, held the second “Superintendent Meeting with Citizens” event since his inauguration, directly communicating with representatives of parent associations from different districts about educational issues.

The event took place on the 19th at the Jiphyeon Room of the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education, with 12 team leaders from the Parent Network attending.

The Parent Network is a project that organizes parent association representatives by school level and region into 36 districts, enabling parents in each district to communicate and share information, supporting parents to actively participate as key stakeholders in Ulsan education through various activities.

At the meeting, the attending parents exchanged opinions on the desirable direction of parent associations, the introduction of the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum, and the dental primary care system.

The parents expressed that they face many difficulties in communicating with schools while engaging in parent association activities, inquired about improvement measures and the introduction of a competency-based IB curriculum, and also suggested that the dental primary care system seems less effective than intended.

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In response, Superintendent Cheon said, “We will continue to promote awareness improvement education for school staff so that parents can actively participate as key stakeholders in education alongside students and teachers,” and added, “We will also strengthen parent capacity education so that parents can autonomously plan and carry out various activities.”

Regarding the IB curriculum, he explained, “Considering our country’s curriculum and college entrance system, it is difficult to fully adopt a foreign curriculum,” and added, “Currently, some other cities and provinces are running pilot programs, and Ulsan will thoroughly review those results before deciding whether to introduce it.”

On the dental primary care system, he said, “Oral care during growth periods is very important,” and added, “We will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the dental primary care system in the second half of this year to find improvement measures for areas causing inconvenience to users and strive to make it an effective program.”

Finally, he emphasized, “We will continue to support the creation of a school culture where parents participate in school management and communicate, and we ask for more interest and participation in Ulsan’s education policies and parent association activities.”

The Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education has been operating the “Superintendent Meeting with Citizens” program since last month, where the superintendent meets citizens directly to explain Ulsan’s education policies and communicate on various educational issues.

Those wishing to participate can download the application form from the “Superintendent Meeting with Citizens” bulletin board on the Office of Education’s website, fill it out, and submit it via email.

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