Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Allocates 256.4 Billion Won Supplementary Budget for 'Post-Corona'

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education has prepared a second supplementary budget of 256.4 billion KRW to respond to the changing educational environment demands after COVID-19 and submitted it to the Jeonnam Provincial Council.

According to the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education on the 22nd, this supplementary budget is composed of ▲central government transfer income of 127.1 billion KRW ▲local government transfer income of 47.3 billion KRW ▲net surplus funds of 52.7 billion KRW ▲self-generated income of 28.2 billion KRW ▲other transfer income of 1.1 billion KRW, totaling 256.4 billion KRW.

Including this, the final budget amounts to 4.148 trillion KRW, an increase of 6.6% compared to the original budget of 3.8917 trillion KRW.

The main projects of this second supplementary budget are ▲future education foundation establishment with 23.7 billion KRW ▲learning ability enhancement with 4 billion KRW ▲student health and safety reinforcement with 14.9 billion KRW ▲facility projects and educational environment improvement with 82.5 billion KRW.

To respond to long-term remote classes due to the spread of infectious diseases in the future, 12.9 billion KRW was allocated for building remote class infrastructure, 5.2 billion KRW for improving the school network, 4.8 billion KRW for establishing future-oriented SW classrooms and the Jeonnam SW Education Experience Center, and 400 million KRW for teacher training and learning content development related to online educational content, focusing investment on ‘post-COVID’ response projects.

In particular, 4.9 billion KRW was allocated for traffic safety prevention items such as providing traffic safety vests to all 1st to 3rd-grade elementary students in Jeonnam and improving traffic safety facilities in school zones, 6.3 billion KRW for establishing safe classrooms for 1st-grade elementary students, and 2.4 billion KRW for additional quarantine support such as distributing masks and other quarantine supplies and supporting personnel for life quarantine guidance within schools due to phased school attendance.

Additionally, 800 million KRW was allocated to support PCs for low-income students to bridge the digital divide among students, and 1.3 billion KRW was allocated to support high school dormitory fees to reduce the burden on socially disadvantaged parents, striving to prevent the prolonged impact of COVID-19 from leading to educational disparities.

The Office of Education adjusted 19.7 billion KRW of expenditure items expected to be unused or carried over within the year, including 2.4 billion KRW for overseas training travel expenses that could not be executed due to COVID-19, to ensure that limited resources are used efficiently and to enhance budget efficiency and fiscal soundness.

Kim Pyeong-hoon, Director of the Administrative Bureau, said, “This supplementary budget was prepared focusing on ‘post-COVID’ to proactively respond to the expected changes in the education sector due to COVID-19. In particular, through establishing an online education foundation and continuous teacher training, we will respond to future education demands and do our best to create safe schools where both students and parents can attend with peace of mind.”

This supplementary budget proposal is scheduled to be reviewed and approved at the 342nd Jeollanam-do Provincial Council extraordinary session held from the 2nd to the 17th of next month.

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