Gwangju Office of Education Actively Utilizes Continuing Budget System for School Facility Projects

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 21st that it has prepared measures to reduce the carryover amount of facility project expenses by analyzing the structural characteristics of budget operation for facility project expenses and actively utilizing budget allocation and continuing budget systems according to the execution period, in order to minimize the excessive carryover amount that occurs every year.

Among school facility project expenses, asbestos removal, seismic reinforcement, and restroom improvement works require an appropriate construction period of about 50 days.

However, since the construction period is mostly possible during the winter vacation to ensure student safety and learning rights, it was difficult to complete execution within the current year, making explicit carryover inevitable.

As a solution, the Office plans to allocate the entire design cost and part of the facility cost as a continuing budget in the first year for asbestos removal, seismic reinforcement, and restroom improvement works, which have a high carryover rate, to complete the selection of design and contract targets, and allocate the remaining facility costs in the second year to proceed with the construction.

For works such as heating and cooling system replacement and external window construction, which can be carried out during the summer vacation period, the budget will be allocated in the main budget.

The Office plans to complete design, purchase of government-supplied materials, and selection of contract targets before the summer vacation and complete the construction during the summer vacation period to minimize the carryover amount.

Gwak Nam-gi, Director of Educational Facilities at the Office of Education, said, “We expect positive effects in minimizing the excessive carryover amount that occurs every year through the improvement of facility project budget allocation,” and added, “We will continue to strive to enhance the efficiency of financial management.”

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