Adjustment of 'Local Public Officials Training Completion Hours' for COVID-19 Response... Enforcement Decree Amendment Approved

Establishing Grounds for Adjusting Education and Training Completion Hours According to Local Government Conditions Including COVID-19

Im In-taek, Director General of the Health Industry Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, is receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Yongsan-gu Public Health Center in Seoul on the morning of the 3rd. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 4th that the amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Local Public Officials Education and Training Act was approved at the Cabinet meeting.

This amendment was prepared to reduce the burden on local public officials in completing education during the COVID-19 situation and to support them in faithfully performing epidemic response duties.

Currently, local public officials below grade 5 are required to complete more than 80 hours of education and training annually to be promoted.

However, due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, on-site response duties such as quarantine activities have significantly increased, and group education sessions have been canceled, reducing educational opportunities and causing practical difficulties for local public officials to complete necessary training.

Accordingly, the amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Local Public Officials Education and Training Act establishes grounds for heads of local governments to adjust the annual education and training hours to 60 hours or more when urgent tasks such as disasters or emergencies continue for a considerable period, allowing flexible operation according to the circumstances of local governments.

Park Seong-ho, Director of the Local Autonomy Division, said, “As the COVID-19 situation prolongs, we expect that this improvement in the local public officials education and training system will enable local governments at the forefront of quarantine efforts to focus more on quarantine management and vaccination duties.”

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