Ulsan Education Announces Supplementary Budget of 2.0239 Trillion Won

Increased by 173.3 Billion Won Over the Initial Budget

Approved at the 224th City Council Extraordinary Session

Superintendent No Ok-hee announcing the 2nd supplementary budget for 2021.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Hong Jeong-hwan] No Ok-hee, Superintendent of Ulsan Education Office, held a press conference at the Ulsan Education Office on the morning of the 24th to announce the 2021 2nd supplementary budget proposal.

The scale of this budget proposal, prepared amid the COVID-19 pandemic, is 2.0239 trillion KRW. This amount is 173.3 billion KRW more than the existing budget of 1.8506 trillion KRW, which includes the original budget and the 1st supplementary budget.

The supplementary budget resources will be covered by 167.8 billion KRW from government transfers such as ordinary grants and 5.5 billion KRW from self-generated income.

The budget proposal is broadly organized into four categories.

First, 26 billion KRW is allocated for ‘supporting the recovery of daily education,’ including support for basic academic skills supplementation and closing academic gaps, as well as programs for students’ emotional and psychological recovery.

Second, 18.7 billion KRW is allocated for ‘strengthening quarantine and establishing school safety nets,’ including support for masks for students and staff, school quarantine supplies such as disinfectants and partitions, and support for purchasing book sterilizers for school libraries.

Third, 38.1 billion KRW is allocated for ‘strengthening student-centered future education response,’ including building remote learning infrastructure for kindergartens, creating credit-based online and offline class environments, and improving specialized high school practice rooms.

Lastly, 57 billion KRW is allocated reflecting demands for improving educational environments and supporting school sites, such as improving school sports facilities, computer room environments, and modernizing health rooms and cafeterias.

No Ok-hee, Superintendent of Ulsan Education Office, said, “This supplementary budget proposal is organized to guarantee the rights that students should naturally enjoy at school and to serve as a foundation for the swift recovery of daily education. We ask for the interest and support of parents, Ulsan citizens, and staff so that open schools continue and Ulsan education can move forward one step further.”

The supplementary budget proposal prepared by the Education Office will be reviewed and approved at the 224th Ulsan City Council extraordinary session starting on the 31st and is expected to be finalized on the 8th of next month.

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