Public Officials Promoting Normal School Attendance and Interactive Remote Classes in Response to COVID-19 Selected as Exemplary Cases of Proactive Administration by the Ministry of Education

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] A case of conducting normal school attendance without delaying the start of the semester under thorough quarantine measures in response to the spread of COVID-19 and promoting real-time interactive remote classes has been selected as an excellent case of proactive administration by the Ministry of Education.

On the 1st, the Ministry of Education announced that it had selected five cases as excellent examples of proactive administration in the first half of this year. In the first half proactive administration competition, 33 cases (17 from the Ministry of Education and 16 from education offices) were submitted, and after the first and second preliminary screenings and the final screening, 10 excellent cases (five each from the Ministry of Education and education offices) were selected. The award ceremony was held on the 31st of last month for the outstanding public officials who won.

The best case was awarded to Kim Hee-jun, a public official in the Professor Learning Evaluation Division, who conducted normal school attendance without delaying the semester start under compliance with density principles and thorough quarantine, and enhanced the effectiveness of remote classes by expanding real-time interactive communication classes. It was evaluated that this created a foundation for the recovery of daily school life where students learn and grow through customized academic and class support.

The Ministry of Education plans to grant exceptional personnel benefits desired by the winners of the excellence award or higher among the excellent cases of proactive administration, and to provide one of the following to the encouragement award winners: reduction of the period for becoming a regular public official, reward leave, or desired transfer.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye said, “I deeply appreciate the proactive and continuous efforts of public officials for student safety, such as advancing the recovery of daily school life in the prolonged COVID-19 situation and securing safe commuting routes for students in educational sites,” and added, “Please make efforts so that the culture of proactive administration can be established and shared as a working organizational culture by turning the COVID crisis into an opportunity.”

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