Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education Achieves 'Comprehensive Integrity Level 2' for 2 Consecutive Years... The Only Nationwide with 'Internal Integrity Level 1'

External Integrity Rating Falls One Grade to Level 3 Compared to Previous Year... Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission 2020 Public Institution Evaluation Results

Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education building.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] In the '2020 Public Institution Integrity Evaluation' conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education achieved a 'Comprehensive Integrity Grade 2,' being selected as an excellent integrity institution for two consecutive years.

According to Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education on the 15th, the comprehensive integrity of public institutions is calculated by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission every year based on surveys of citizens with work experience at the institution (external integrity) and affiliated employees (internal integrity), as well as reflecting the occurrence status of corruption incidents, with the highest grade being 1 and the lowest 5.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission selects institutions with a comprehensive integrity grade of 2 or higher for two consecutive years and no corruption incidents as excellent integrity institutions. Such institutions are excluded from the 'Anti-Corruption Policy Evaluation' conducted by the Commission.

In this integrity evaluation, Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education was the only one among the 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education nationwide to receive an 'Internal Integrity Grade 1.'

Kim Young-gyu, Auditor of Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education, emphasized, "We will abolish ineffective integrity tasks to minimize the burden on the education field, strengthen promotion of online corruption reporting and whistleblower protection to prevent and detect corrupt acts, and impose strong punishment on those involved in corruption."

Regarding the external integrity grade being evaluated as grade 3, one level lower than the previous year, Auditor Kim explained, "As the integrity levels of the seven metropolitan and provincial offices of education have generally risen, the competition is becoming increasingly fierce in the relative evaluation method of integrity measurement, resulting in a one-level drop compared to the previous year despite the external integrity score increasing."

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