Special Audit on National University Education, Research, and Student Guidance Expenses to Begin from the 24th

Focus Audit on Excess Lecture Fee Payments and False Student Safety Guidance Records
Comprehensive Audit of Education, Research, and Student Guidance Expenses Over the Past 3 Years

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Ministry of Education will conduct a special audit on education, research, and student guidance expenses at national universities starting from the 24th.

On the 18th, the Ministry of Education announced that it will carry out a special audit on the education, research, and student guidance expenses of 38 national universities from 2018 to 2020. An audit team of 2 to 3 members will be dispatched to each school, with plans to complete the audit by July 16.

The audit items include ▲ fulfillment of mandatory teaching hours, payment of overtime lecture fees, and other education-related areas ▲ participation in academic conferences, duplication of internal and external research project achievements, and other research-related areas ▲ false achievements in mentoring and student safety guidance, overlapping periods of business trips, attendance hours, and overtime hours in activity records.

The Ministry of Education decided to conduct the special audit after receiving the results of a sample survey on national and public universities from the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, determining that an investigation of all national universities is necessary. Education, research, and student guidance expenses were introduced in 2015 following the enactment of the "Act on the Establishment of Accounting and Financial Management of National Universities," which completely abolished the existing salary supplement and allowance system. In particular, student guidance expenses, which require strict review and payment by university review committees based on participation in student counseling and safety guidance, were found to have been poorly managed and reviewed at some universities.

The Ministry of Education is accepting reports on misconduct related to education, research, and student guidance expenses at national universities via email and through the Ministry of Education's website at the Corruption and Public Interest Reporting Center.

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