Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Chung Geun-sik suggested 12 key tasks to the new government (Official)

Jun 30, 2025

Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Chung Geun-sik suggested 12 key tasks to the new government (Official)



The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Jeong Geun-sik) analyzed the new government's educational pledges and proposed 12 key tasks that will contribute to policyization.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education proposed 12 key tasks to the new government on the 30th, including ① basic academic background ② integration and special education ③ strengthening support for students' mental health ④ strengthening school rights protection ⑤ revitalizing ⑥'s democratic citizens (historical, constitutional, environmental, labor, human rights) ⑦ schools' safety ⑧, humanities, arts, and sports education, ⑨'s national responsibility for early childhood education, artificial intelligence-digital education, caring for ⑪ elementary schools, expanding support for after-school schools, and innovating vocational education at ⑫ high schools. Regarding the guarantee of basic academic ability presented as the first item, the need for a nationwide spread of the 'Seoul Learning Diagnostic Growth Center' model, which provides customized one-stop support services, was raised in-depth diagnosis of problems that are difficult for schools to solve alone, such as difficulty reading, difficulty, and borderline intelligence. As the second item, it proposed strengthening integrated education and special education for both disabled and non-disabled students. Based on the experience of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's integrated emotional and behavioral crisis student support project, it also proposed the establishment of a hospital school that links mental health treatment and education and the expansion of the placement of a first-school professional counseling company.

In order to protect teachers' rights, it also proposed a revision of the current Child Abuse Punishment Act to prevent the nationwide spread of legal and institutional support, such as the "100 lawyers with teachers" and 'SEM119', which have been led by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.




It also proposed a national diffusion policy of 'rural study abroad' to develop ecological sensitivity and community consciousness beyond the limits of urban-centered education. A total of 2,227 people participated in the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's rural study program from 2021 to this year, and the satisfaction of students and parents is very high at about 90%. It advocated institutional support at the national level to establish a sustainable public education model for rural study through collaboration with other cities and provinces and securing residential facilities and administrative support.

It also emphasized the need for policies to revitalize humanities, arts, and sports education that are irreplaceable in the era of AI natives. In order to revitalize physical education, it was proposed to strengthen school sports clubs and establish a joint standard for compulsory placement of teachers in charge of physical education in elementary schools.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education stated that it is important to secure driving force through sufficient communication with educational subjects in order for the new government's educational commitment to be implemented as a practical policy. "When schools, communities, and the country as a whole change together, we can increase our execution power. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education plans to actively cooperate in policy development and operation for this purpose. Superintendent Chung Geun-sik said, `The education office's proposal for the new government's education policy is a joint action strategy for cooperative education that opens up the future.' We hope that the new government's education pledge will develop into a policy that meets the expectations of all the people"" he said.




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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.