Lee Hyuk-je, Jeonnam Provincial Assembly Member, Proposes Measures to Prevent and Eradicate Private School Corruption

‘Jeollanamdo Education Office Ordinance on Strengthening the Public Nature of Private Schools’ Proposed as Main Bill

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] The Jeollanam-do Provincial Council announced on the 8th that the ordinance titled “Ordinance on Strengthening the Publicness of Private Schools in Jeollanam-do Office of Education,” which was proposed by Representative Lee Hyukje to enhance the soundness of private school management in Jeollanam-do and to prepare measures for preventing and eradicating private school corruption, passed the standing committee of the 342nd regular session on the 5th.

This ordinance requires the Superintendent of Education to establish and implement a basic plan for strengthening the publicness of private schools every three years. The basic plan includes necessary matters for strengthening the publicness of private schools, such as project plans and implementation methods related to enhancing publicness, measures to prevent and eradicate private school corruption, private school management evaluation, and support for excellent private schools.

It also allows the Superintendent of Education to provide administrative guidance when necessary regarding private schools’ accounting operations, property management, and personnel management, and includes provisions for the establishment and operation of a committee for strengthening the publicness of private schools.

Representative Lee Hyukje emphasized, “Since the beginning of my term as a provincial council member in 2018, I have strongly demanded the publicness and transparency of private schools after witnessing incidents such as the leakage of exam papers, fraudulent exam question setting, and accounting fraud in private schools.”

He added, “Since this ordinance was created after several discussions with the provincial Office of Education’s TF team over the past year and a half, I hope that private school stakeholders and the executive branch will show deeper interest and practice in strengthening the publicness of private schools.”

Meanwhile, this ordinance is scheduled to be approved at the plenary session of the 342nd regular session of the Jeollanam-do Provincial Council on the 17th.

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