Transition Committee for Gyeonggi Provincial Superintendent of Education Concludes Activities

Following the election of candidate Lee Jae-jeong as Gyeonggi Provincial Superintendent of Education in the June 4 nationwide local elections, the Third Citizen-Elected Gyeonggi Provincial Superintendent of Education Transition Committee (Chairman Kim Sang-geun), which was formed and operated in accordance with relevant legal provisions, concluded all activities on July 30.

On the 30th at 2 p.m., the transition committee held its 10th meeting with all 12 members in attendance, reviewed the final report of the committee and processed other agenda items, officially concluding all activities.

The transition committee, composed of 12 members including Chairman Kim Sang-geun (former Senior Vice-Chair of the National Unification Advisory Council) and Vice-Chairmen Sohn Sang-hun (former Pocheon Superintendent of Education), worked with 43 advisory members and education office support personnel through four divisions (Innovation, Teachers' Rights, Livelihood, and System) and two special committees (Special Committee on Discrimination Elimination, and Danwon High School Special Committee) to establish a vision for the third citizen-elected superintendent's policies and create implementation roadmaps.

The transition committee began discussions on its operational plan at its first meeting on June 11 (Wed.) and held 10 full meetings, transition committee member workshops, participated in signature campaigns for the Sewol Ferry Special Act enactment and truth-finding efforts, and conducted transition ceremony preparations and other independent activities. Based on a total of 116 requested materials, it received business reports from the Provincial Office of Education on four occasions. Each division and special committee also conducted various coordination meetings, internal workshops, and on-site visits.

Through these activities, each division and special committee established policy tasks and implementation plans including ▲advancing Gyeonggi innovative education ▲establishing teachers' rights aligned with student rights ▲realizing a community education commons built together ▲personnel and organizational restructuring ▲preparing the framework for Gyeonggi education that serves humanity with dignity ▲support measures for Danwon High School's educational capacity recovery. These proposals were finalized as official opinions of the transition committee after coordination in today's full meeting.

These activities and results will be documented in the forthcoming "Third Citizen-Elected Gyeonggi Provincial Superintendent of Education Transition Committee Activity White Paper," to be reported to the superintendent and utilized as policy implementation materials by the Provincial Office of Education.

The transition committee also gathered resident opinions through the "Transition Committee Participation Message Board" and "Danwon High School Suggestion Board" operated on the Provincial Office of Education website from June 19 to July 10, and referenced these in policy establishment.

At the final meeting, Chairman Kim Sang-geun said, "I express gratitude to the transition committee members, related personnel who did their best in the committee's activities, and the residents of Gyeonggi Province for their support," and urged them to "work together with the third citizen-elected Superintendent Lee Jae-jeong to create new hope for Korean education through Gyeonggi education efforts."