Gangwon State was newly launched as a special autonomous province from June 11, 2023. The enactment of the Gangwon Special Act has the significance of creating a legal and institutional foundation to promote customized regional development projects th...
Gangwon State was newly launched as a special autonomous province from June 11, 2023. The enactment of the Gangwon Special Act has the significance of creating a legal and institutional foundation to promote customized regional development projects that can meet the unique social, economic, and environmental needs of individual regions to strengthen local autonomy. As the legal, administrative, and financial powers of local government heads inherent in the Gangwon Special Act were strengthened, linkage and cooperation with the superintendent of education became important. The strengthening of Gangwon State's autonomy has made it possible to promote separate regional development projects through strengthening its own autonomy based on the enactment and amendment of a law called a special law. According to the Gangwon Special Act, the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Office of Education proposed 14 special educational matters in three areas in 2022: school autonomy and future education, strengthening local education autonomy, securing educational finances, and establishing an educational support system. However, as of 2025, there were only three special cases reflected in the Gangwon Special Act on the operation of Gangwon-type autonomous schools, special cases on elementary and secondary education, and special cases on studying in rural areas. There are three special cases to be reflected in the third revision of the Gangwon Special Act: special cases on the establishment and operation of international schools and foreign educational institutions, special cases on the right to organize educational autonomy, and special cases on the operation of small school meals. In addition, it was analyzed that the remaining special cases were postponed or abandoned due to long-term tasks. There are only three legislations that are reflected in the Gangwon Special Act on Special Cases for Education considering the characteristics of the Gangwon region, but the rest were not reflected due to realistic restrictions.