Ministry of Education (South Korea)

Ministry of Education
교육부
敎育部
Gyoyukbu

MOE headquarters in Sejong
Agency overview
FormedMarch 23, 2013
Preceding agencies
JurisdictionGovernment of South Korea
Headquarters408 Galmae-ro, Sejong, Republic of Korea 30119
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
WebsiteOfficial English Site

The Ministry of Education (MOE; Korean교육부; Hanja敎育部; RRGyoyukbu; MRKyoyukpu) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. It was created on March 23, 2013. It should not be confused with seventeen regional Offices of Education whose heads, Superintendents, are directly elected in local elections.

Its headquarters are in the Sejong Regional Government Complex in Sejong City.[1] Previously it was located in the Central Government Complex in Jongno District, Seoul.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Location Archived 2014-01-01 at archive.today." (Archive) Ministry of Education (South Korea). Retrieved on January 1, 2014. "Address : (339-012) 408 Galmae-ro, Sejong, Republic of Korea"
  2. ^ "Contact Info." (Archive) The Globe Program. Retrieved on January 1, 2013. "Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development Central Government Complex, 77-6 Sejong-no, Jongno-gu Seoul, 110-760 South Korea"
  3. ^ Park, Si-soo (July 12, 2010). "35 state bodies to be relocated to Sejong City". The Korea Times.

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