Daegu Office of Education Launches Future Education Policy Planning Group to Address Declining Student Numbers

The Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Kang Eunhee) held the launch ceremony for the '2024 Daegu Future Education Policy Planning Group' at the Yeomin Room of the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education on the afternoon of the 20th.

This policy planning group especially aims to seek a shift in Daegu's future education policies and explore directions for policy implementation in order to foster a consensus on spreading family-friendly values and forming sustainable family communities amid the era of population crisis caused by low birth rates.

Members of the Daegu Future Education Policy Planning Group gathered in one place for a commemorative photo after its launch.

To overcome the crisis of national extinction caused by population decline through education, the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education has been boldly and proactively implementing new policies since the beginning of this year. These include soliciting ideas for Daegu future education policies, forming a task force for education on building sustainable family communities, conducting a survey on family values among the Daegu education community, holding a slogan contest for sustainable family communities, and operating a 'Sustainable Family Community Formation' booth at the 2024 Daegu-Gyeongbuk Premium Expo (scheduled for August this year), all in active response to the national crisis.

The policy planning group consists of 26 members across four divisions, each tasked with identifying educational policy agendas suitable for their respective school levels in order to develop field-oriented policies. The head of the policy planning group is Park Misuk, principal of Guji Middle School. The head of the kindergarten and special school division is Oh Kyungnyeo, principal of Gujisehyeon Kindergarten; the head of the elementary school division is Lee Okjung, principal of Samyeong Elementary School; and the head of the middle and high school division is Kim Duyul, principal of Hamji High School.

The main operational guidelines of the policy planning group are to establish mid- to long-term educational policy agendas and refine related educational policies by exploring the future direction of Daegu's education, to organize divisions based on school levels and compose division members (field teachers) with consideration for age and gender balance for field-oriented policy planning, and to collect opinions through pre-surveys of students, parents, and teachers in the education community, using these as a basis for identifying educational policy agendas.

Park Misuk, head of the Daegu Future Education Policy Planning Group and principal of Guji Middle School, said, "We will seek a wide range of solutions, from immediate issues to mid- and long-term tasks, by viewing the national crisis caused by low birth rates from the perspective of the educational field."

Kang Eunhee, Superintendent of Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education, stated, "The rapid decline in the school-age population will cause a complex crisis throughout our society, and it is an urgent and critical issue especially for students who will lead the future. The positive values about family that will be formed among school-age students are a fundamental approach to solving the low birth rate issue and an educational approach to resolving social challenges. We will continue to consistently implement policies to respond wisely and proactively to the rapidly declining population problem."

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