"Chairman's Relatives Cannot Get Jobs for Free" Ulsan Office of Education Drastically Changes Private School Staff Hiring Methods

Complete Revision of Personnel Management Guidelines for Private School Administrative Staff

Nation's First Introduction of Education Office Recommended Recruitment Review Committee System

Ulsan Office of Education building.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jeonghwan] The Ulsan Office of Education will become the first in the nation to introduce a recommendation-based hiring review committee system by the Office of Education starting next year to ensure objectivity and fairness in the hiring of administrative staff at private schools.

On the 27th, the Ulsan Office of Education decided to completely revise the "Guidelines for Personnel Management of Administrative Staff at Private Schools."

The plan is to present fair and transparent personnel guidelines for administrative staff at private schools to eradicate personnel corruption such as special hiring of relatives and to improve efficiency in personnel management.

Before revising the guidelines, the Ulsan Office of Education also collected opinions from private school foundations regarding the draft revision.

The revision requires prior consultation with the Office of Education when newly hiring administrative staff. The prior consultation period has been changed from the current one month to two months, and administrative staff hired without prior consultation will not receive salary support.

New appointments of administrative staff will be conducted through open competition, and details such as appointment rank, number of planned hires, exam methods, timing, and location must be posted on at least four websites?including the school, Office of Education, Education Support Office, and the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s Worknet?at least 20 days before the application start date.

To ensure objectivity and fairness in hiring, a hiring exam screening committee will be formed and operated, consisting of at least three members.

In particular, when forming the hiring exam screening committee, at least one-third of the members must be external members recommended by the Office of Education, introducing the Office of Education recommendation-based hiring review committee system. It is also specified that when applicants are related parties or have conflicts of interest with the hiring manager, personnel committee, or the chairman of the board, those involved in hiring will be excluded from the hiring process.

Additionally, to promote balanced development between public and private schools, the staffing standards for administrative staff have been adjusted to be the same as those for public schools, and a training completion system will be introduced for promotion appointments to enhance job expertise.

The Office of Education has been actively promoting the strengthening of publicness in private educational institutions, including leading the establishment of nationwide standard guidelines for personnel management of private school administrative staff last June.

The Office of Education stated that it plans to propose amendments to the Private School Act, such as entrusted hiring of private school administrative staff, to the government and National Assembly through the National Council of Superintendents of Education to enable hiring talent at the same level and standards as public schools.

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