Jeong Geunsik Reviews Pledges Ahead of 100th Day in Office: "Pledges Matter When They Lead to Change on the Ground"

On October 7, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Holds Pledge Implementation Forum

"Pledges are meaningful not when they stop at making plans, but when they lead to real changes for students and in schools."

On October 7, one day before his 100th day in office, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Jeong Geunsik made the remarks at the "First Seoul Future Education Forum: Pledge Implementation Forum" at the office.

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About 100 people attended the event, including Superintendent Jeong, senior officials at the education office headquarters, district education support office chiefs and directors, and heads of agencies directly under the office.

The forum reviewed progress on key pledges, focusing on the vision for Superintendent Jeong's second term in Seoul education, "Basic Education for All and Happy Collaborative Education," and discussed ways to strengthen policy implementation in schools. The participants divided Seoul's key education policies into five areas—▲whole-person education ▲education with accountability ▲democratic citizenship education ▲educational welfare ▲safety and peace—and reviewed progress to date and future tasks in each area. They also discussed the support needed to ensure that each policy takes root in schools and ways for the education office headquarters and district education support offices to work together.

During a panel discussion with Superintendent Jeong, Jeong Sunmi, chief of the Seongdong-Gwangjin District Education Support Office, and Choi Changsu, chief of the Seongbuk-Gangbuk District Education Support Office, participants discussed ways to make school communities more aware of the policies and the roles the education office headquarters and district education support offices should play in implementing the pledges.

In the "Open Discussion with the Superintendent" session, the superintendent, panelists, presenters, and attendees freely exchanged views on fulfilling the pledges and the direction of Seoul's education policies.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said the forum focused on moving away from a one-way approach to delivering policies and enabling the bodies responsible for implementing them—including the education office headquarters, district education support offices, and agencies directly under the office—to share opinions from the field and find ways to work together. The office plans to incorporate views expressed at the forum into future pledge initiatives and the implementation of key education policies.

Superintendent Jeong said, "Drawing on the diverse views shared at this forum, we will review our policies more carefully and work to ensure that basic education for all and happy collaborative education become a reality in schools."

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