Gyeonggi Province Office of Education Pursues Organizational Restructuring for Efficiency and Systematization

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] The Gyeonggi Province Office of Education announced on the 5th that it will pursue an organizational restructuring to stably implement key educational policies for the 5th popularly elected term and to realize 'the center of future education, new Gyeonggi education.'

This organizational restructuring draft was pursued with a focus on establishing the execution momentum and foundation in accordance with the major educational policies of the 5th popularly elected Gyeonggi Province Superintendent of Education.

The main outline places 'Planning & Coordination Office,' 'Education Administration Bureau,' and 'External Cooperation Bureau' under the First Vice Superintendent, and 'Education Policy Bureau' and 'Convergence Education Bureau' under the Second Vice Superintendent.

The existing 'Future Education Bureau' will be abolished, and its affiliated divisions will be integrated and restructured by similar functions within the 'Education Policy Bureau' and 'Convergence Education Bureau.'

The 'Planning & Coordination Office' will be reorganized to efficiently and systematically lead Gyeonggi's future education and comprehensively promote school workload reduction through △establishment of future education policy initiatives and △transfer of school administration improvement affairs.

The 'Education Administration Bureau' will change its name from the existing 'Administration Bureau' to clarify its function, and will take over affairs such as △school accounting management △accounting operations and △asset management.

The 'External Cooperation Bureau' will change its name from the existing 'Education Cooperation Bureau' to strengthen external cooperation functions, and will take over affairs such as △health and environment services and △after-school programs.

The 'Education Policy Bureau' will take over educational curriculum policy affairs including △curriculum development and implementation △matters relating to early childhood and special education △career and college guidance and △matters relating to vocational education.

The 'Convergence Education Bureau' will take over affairs including △matters relating to teacher rights protection △school life and character education △sports education and student athlete support and △matters relating to lifelong education.

Additionally, the organizational restructuring draft reflects △matters relating to relocation of the Gyeonggi Lifelong Education Learning Center and Gyeonggi Central Educational Library △matters relating to name changes of the Gyeonggi Language Education Training Institute and Gyeonggi Innovative Education Training Institute, and △matters relating to addition of Gyeonggi Province Student Swimming Facility institutions.

Meanwhile, the 'Partial Amendment to the Ordinance on the Establishment of Administrative Organization of Gyeonggi Province Office of Education' related to the office's organizational restructuring will undergo legislative notice from the 4th to the 11th, be submitted to the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly on the 21st, and is scheduled to be reviewed at the 364th Regular Session.