Ulsan Office of Education to Continue Total Volume System for Public Projects... Aiming to Reduce School Burden and Normalize Work

Ulsan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education has established the ‘2022 Public Project Total Volume System Implementation Plan’ and informed departments, institutions, and individual schools.

The ‘Public Project Total Volume System’ is a system that limits public projects operated by the Office of Education and its affiliated institutions targeting schools, with projects costing 3 million KRW or more restricted to three or fewer.

Now in its third year, the ‘Total Volume System’ was introduced in response to increased workload for faculty due to the rise in public projects and concerns that operating many public projects at one school leads to increased teacher workload and decreased quality of lessons.

The Office of Education has reduced the number of public projects and the number of schools operating them by abolishing and reorganizing unnecessary public projects and refraining from new public projects to alleviate school workload.

According to a satisfaction survey on the ‘Public Project Total Volume System’ conducted by the Ulsan Office of Education last year, it scored 3.62 out of 5, an increase of 0.25 points compared to 2020, and no schools were found to have operated more than three projects subject to the total volume system.

The Office of Education stated, “The Public Project Total Volume System has gained consensus among school members and has taken root in the educational field, helping to focus on educational activities and reduce administrative workload.”

This year, the Metropolitan Office of Education plans to analyze the number of public projects in each department from the budget planning stage and make efforts to optimize by reducing, integrating, or abolishing projects that have been carried out as a matter of routine.

The number of projects subject to the 2022 Public Project Total Volume System is 46, four fewer than last year, and the number of schools operating them is 381, nine fewer than last year.

This year, the Public Project Total Volume System will operate a ‘Public Project Specification System’ that notifies in official documents which departmental projects are subject to the total volume system.

Additionally, a new ‘Departmental Public Project Selection Period Integration’ will be implemented, consolidating the selection period for total volume system projects to February, allowing teachers to focus on new academic year educational activities.

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