The Ministry of Education said on the 9th that it established the "Education Administration System Integration Support Group" to systematically push forward the integration of education administrative systems across metropolitan cities and provinces.
The support group will draw up measures to support the integration of the education administrative system, review special provisions for education support, and overhaul various systems.
The support group will strengthen communication with the education community and seek ways to invigorate educational autonomy. To that end, it will establish regular communication channels with city and provincial offices of education and work to reflect on-the-ground opinions in policy.
The support group will be led by the Ministry of Education Deputy Minister for Planning and Coordination as Director General and will have two teams under it—the Planning and Coordination Team and the Integration Support Team—headed by a deputy director general. The Planning and Coordination Team will be in charge of drawing up integration plans, reviewing special provisions, and communication, while the Integration Support Team will focus on supporting the overhaul of organizational, fiscal, and personnel systems and on devising system integration plans. Each city and provincial office of education also plans to form a working-level task force to provide backing.
Minister Choi Kyo-jin of the Ministry of Education said, "The integration of administrative systems across metropolitan cities and provinces is an issue that could bring significant changes to the education field and education administration," adding, "The Ministry of Education needs a preemptive and systematic response." He also noted, "We will actively support the smooth implementation of the integration of the education administrative system."