Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Implements Organizational Restructuring... Focused on Supporting Educational Sites

Main Office's 'Policy-Centered' System, Strengthening Functions and Administrative Capacity of Education Support Offices

The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education will implement an organizational restructuring effective July 1.

According to the Office of Education on the 29th, this organizational restructuring plan aims to establish a system that actively responds to changes in the educational environment by ▲expanding the functions of the Education Support Offices ▲redefining the functions of affiliated institutions ▲transitioning the headquarters’ functions to be policy-centered.

The Education Support Offices will expand their functions to provide customized integrated support for schools. The existing “School Support Center” will be renamed the “School Customized Support Center,” and additional centers will be established in Jangheung, Gangjin, and Hampyeong. In particular, tasks such as teacher seniority management and school conflict resolution will be transferred to the Education Support Offices to reduce the workload of schools.

Additionally, to proactively respond to future changes in the educational environment and strengthen regional educational capacity, high school affairs currently handled by the headquarters will be transferred to the Education Support Offices. Starting with support for the operation of general high school curricula and audits of city-area high schools, personnel affairs will be gradually transferred thereafter.

To this end, a Health Administration Team will be established within the Education Support Division, and educational welfare tasks will be transferred to the School Customized Support Center, thereby strengthening the administrative capabilities of the Education Support Offices.

Affiliated institutions will promote functional linkage with the headquarters. Execution and operational tasks of the headquarters will be transferred to affiliated institutions, and each institution will specialize its functions to operate flexibly in line with changes in future society.

The headquarters will shift to its core role centered on policy. The organization will be downsized from the existing “3 bureaus, 2 offices, 1 division, 15 departments, and 65 teams” to “3 bureaus, 3 offices, 12 departments, and 58 teams,” and the adjusted personnel will be redeployed to the Education Support Offices to strengthen support for the educational field. A Planning and Coordination Officer, linking policy and budget functions, will be established to decide on key policies needed in the educational field and to coordinate tasks among institutions and departments.

In addition, teams such as the ▲Education Development Special Zone Team ▲Parent Cooperation Team ▲Digital Infrastructure Team will be established in response to government policies, and “Smart Work” will be promoted in connection with creating a future-oriented working environment.

Superintendent Kim Dae-jung stated, “This organizational restructuring is to complete the great transformation of Jeonnam education at the midpoint of the fourth term of direct resident elections and to realize glocal Jeonnam education toward the future and the world.” He added, “We will redefine the roles of the headquarters, affiliated institutions, and Education Support Offices and concentrate all capabilities to ensure practical support for the educational field.”

Meanwhile, the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education plans to implement this organizational restructuring plan on July 1 after legislative notice and approval by the Provincial Council, and will operate the organizational system flexibly in accordance with future changes in the educational environment.

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