Jang Seok-woong, Jeonnam Superintendent of Education, Urges Efforts to Improve Integrity

Jang Seok-woong, Superintendent of Education of Jeonnam

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jang Seok-woong, Superintendent of Education for Jeonnam, expressed regret over the lack of improvement in integrity and urged efforts to enhance it.

On the 28th, at an expanded executive meeting, Superintendent Jang said, "This week marks the 3rd anniversary of my inauguration," and added, "Over the past three years, the most regrettable and continuously focused issue has been integrity."

He continued, "There have been some groundbreaking improvements in certain areas. Overall, there was a slight increase in scores, but it is difficult to say that integrity has definitively improved, and it falls short of expectations," adding, "I will pay more attention and focus on this area going forward."

He also emphasized, "So far, policies to improve integrity have been promoted with the participation of external personnel such as Integrity Citizen Auditors and Construction Work Citizen Supervisory Groups," and said, "New and good measures related to the purchase of goods such as government-supplied materials have been created, implemented, and are continuously being supplemented."

Furthermore, he stated, "We are also intensively managing corruption-prone areas such as personnel and budget, and internally strengthening integrity education," but expressed concern, saying, "However, it is uncertain how the actual public institution integrity evaluation results will come out."

He then urged again, "From August to November, this year’s public institution integrity will be measured," and said, "I hope each department and institution will review whether there are any points to improve and prepare well for the integrity measurement."

Meanwhile, the Jeonnam Office of Education recorded a grade 3 in the integrity measurement conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission in December last year, and the internal integrity grade dropped by one level.

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