Busan Office of Education Selects 5 'Active Administration Outstanding Public Officials' for Second Half of Last Year

Busan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education selected five 'Outstanding Public Officials for Proactive Administration in the Second Half of 2021' on the 17th.

'Proactive Administration Public Officials' is a system implemented to establish an organizational culture of proactive administration in the public sector based on creativity and expertise.

The Office of Education received a total of 12 outstanding cases from various institutions and schools over the course of one month starting last December.

Through the first preliminary screening and the second Proactive Administration Committee review, a total of five outstanding public officials for proactive administration were selected: two grand prize winners, one excellence awardee, and two encouragement awardees.

In this selection, Ga-ryeong Bae, a public official from the Policy Planning Division of the Office of Education, and Young-yeol Lee, a public official from the Finance Division, received the grand prize. Jung-yoon Choi, a public official at the Busan Student Arts and Culture Center, received the excellence award. Additionally, Tae-young Jeong from the School Support Division of the Southern Education Support Office and Chang-gi Jeon from the Facilities Division of the Office of Education were chosen for the encouragement award.

Public official Ga-ryeong Bae contributed to creating a safe and pleasant educational environment by leading the expansion of classes at nearby private schools to alleviate overcrowded classes in the new town area where the school-age population is rapidly increasing.

Public official Young-yeol Lee discovered that a privately owned land within the closed Jwaseong Elementary School, which had been closed in March 2021, had not been settled for 68 years since the school's opening while organizing the school's assets.

He traced the circumstances under which the private land was occupied within the Jwaseong Elementary School site, arranged the ownership of the private land under the name of the Superintendent of Education, and completed the transfer registration.

Public official Jung-yoon Choi judged that the Student Arts and Culture Center, a cultural facility established and directly managed by a local government, could be exempt from the traffic inducement charge.

Through reviewing related laws and coordinating with relevant institutions, Choi successfully reclaimed or was exempted from approximately 51 million KRW in traffic inducement charges over the past five years.

Public official Tae-young Jeong expedited pre-administrative procedures and normalized the land use of undesignated urban land to shorten the construction period, enabling the normal opening of Songjeong Middle School, Busan's first boarding alternative school, in March 2019.

Public official Chang-gi Jeon discovered that renewable energy facilities such as solar power generation could sell greenhouse gas emission permits equivalent to the expected amount of greenhouse gas reduction. Collaborating with the Korea Energy Agency, he promoted greenhouse gas reduction projects, laying the foundation for implementing a sustainable virtuous cycle carbon-neutral school.

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education plans to provide personnel incentives to outstanding public officials for proactive administration, such as 'awarding the highest grade of performance bonuses,' 'priority selection and additional points for educational training,' 'desired transfer,' and 'transfer bonus points,' comprehensively considering the awardees' preferences and personnel management conditions.

They also plan to upload outstanding cases of proactive administration on the Office of Education's website to share and spread them among faculty and staff.

Superintendent of Education Seok-jun Kim said, “Proactive administration by public officials is more necessary than ever to respond to the rapidly changing educational environment,” and added, “We will continue to foster an organizational culture that favors outstanding public officials for proactive administration to enhance trust and satisfaction in Busan education.”

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