Sejong Special Self-governing City Office of Education, Educational administration center in Sejong, South Korea.
The Sejong Special Self-governing City Office of Education is the central authority for school administration and curriculum development in Sejong city. It coordinates the operation of hundreds of schools and oversees compliance with national education standards across the entire region.
Its origins lie in the Yeongi County Board of Education, created in 1952. The board was abolished in 1962, its duties moved to the Chungcheongnam-do education bureau, and a Yeongi county education office was set up under the provincial board in 1964. Renamed in 1991 and again in 2010, it became the Sejong office in July 2012 and moved to its Boram-dong building in 2014.
The office's name comes from Sejong, the city created in 2012, and its superintendent is treated as a vice-ministerial local education official. It is the first single-storey building among South Korea's 17 metropolitan and provincial education offices, and it moved to its Boram-dong building in 2014.
The office is located in central Sejong and is easily accessible by public transportation. Visitors can check the official website to access information about school programs and educational policies.
It was South Korea's first single-storey education office building, and in 2014 it moved to a new building in Boram-dong. Its head, the Sejong Superintendent of Education, holds the rank of vice-minister-level local educational official.
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