Satisfaction with Gyeongnam Education Superintendent Kwon Sunki's Job Performance Continues to Rise ... 'Fourth Nationwide' Just Four Months After Taking Office

Approval of Kwon Sunki’s job performance among members of the Gyeongsangnam-do education community rose to fourth place nationwide just four months after he took office.

Realmeter, a polling agency, announced the results on November 12 of its “October 2026 Survey on Satisfaction with the Job Performance of Superintendents of Education Nationwide.”

Satisfaction with a superintendent’s job performance is an indicator of how positively local residents assess the superintendent’s performance.

Kwon’s job performance satisfaction rating was 44.7%, the fourth-highest among the superintendents of education in the 16 cities and provinces nationwide.

In the first survey after he took office, he ranked ninth with a rating of 43.1% in July, eighth with 42.9% in August, and fifth with 43.5% in September. His ranking rose one place each month before reaching the top four.

Gyeongnam Superintendent of Education Kwon Sun Gi. [Photo courtesy of the Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education]

The survey was conducted from September 27 to 30 and October 28 to 31 among 12,800 people aged 18 or older nationwide, using an automated response system and random-digit dialing via landlines and mobile phones.

The survey included 800 respondents in each city and province. The margin of error was ±3.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, and the response rate was 2.9%. The results were analyzed using a two-month moving time series.

The provincial education office said it would take the rise in the rankings as “a reflection of residents’ expectations and encouragement for Gyeongnam education, as well as a call to accelerate changes in the education field.” It plans to use the results as a reference for continuously listening to voices from schools and developing education policies that residents can see and feel.

“I am grateful to the students, parents, teachers and staff, and residents who have joined us in considering a new direction for Gyeongnam education and have lent us their support since I took office,” Superintendent Kwon said. “We will not rest on these results. I will listen more closely to voices from schools and do my utmost to bring about meaningful changes that support students’ learning and growth.”

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