Gyeongnam Office of Education to Eliminate Private School Corruption with Standardized Code of Conduct

Compliance with Integrity Obligations and Guidelines for Fair Job Performance

Gyeongnam Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] The Gyeongnam Office of Education has established a ‘Standard Code of Conduct for Private School Institutions’ to ensure the integrity obligations and fair job performance of executives and staff of school corporations, and will distribute it to all private school institutions.

With the amendment of the Private School Act, integrity obligations for executives and staff of school corporations were newly established, and it was codified that the code of conduct for private school institutions must be specified in the articles of incorporation or regulations.

The Gyeongnam Office of Education created the standard code of conduct by referring to the code of conduct for public officials to support school corporations in smoothly establishing their own codes of conduct and to alleviate their administrative burden.

The provincial office of education has continuously worked to consult on the code of conduct for executives and staff and to ensure its reflection in the articles of incorporation, resulting in 73% of current school corporations including the phrase ‘apply the Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education Public Officials Code of Conduct’ in their articles of incorporation.

By providing the standard code, even school corporations that have not reflected it in their articles of incorporation or that apply the public officials’ code of conduct are expected to establish a code of conduct suitable for private school institutions, thereby further strengthening the integrity awareness of executives and staff and achieving transparent educational administration and sound educational activities.

The standard code includes items related to fair job performance such as handling of improper orders, prohibition of receiving undue benefits by using one’s position in the course of duty, prohibition of personnel solicitations, prohibition of mediation and solicitation, private use of school property, and prohibition of receiving money or valuables from job-related persons.

To foster a healthy public service culture, it also includes reporting all paid external lectures and meetings, and the obligation for anyone who becomes aware of a violation of the code of conduct to report it to the chairperson of the school corporation’s board of directors, the head of the affiliated school, or the person responsible for the code of conduct.

Superintendent Park Jong-hoon said, “With the establishment of this standard code of conduct for private school institutions, I hope that executives and staff of private schools will strictly adhere to behavioral standards in the course of their duties, fostering a culture of integrity in private schools.”

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