Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education Conducts 'Private School Institution Operation Evaluation'

Enhancing Transparency and Integrity... Targeting 70 Private Schools

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 5th that it will conduct the '2022 Private Educational Institutions Operation Evaluation' for two months starting from the 8th.

The evaluation targets 30 school corporations and 70 private schools under its jurisdiction to improve the transparency and soundness of private educational institutions.

The Gwangju Office of Education conducts separate evaluations for school corporations and private schools every year. To ensure objectivity and reliability of the evaluation, it forms an evaluation team for private educational institutions to carry out the assessment.

In particular, the Office of Education motivates voluntary participation of private educational institutions by providing differentiated rewards to excellent institutions, awarding the Superintendent's Commendation to the best institution's staff, and discovering and promoting best practices.

Additionally, it helps reduce the workload of private institution staff by maximizing the use of data held by departments in the evaluation.

The evaluation areas for school corporations include ▲corporate management ▲basic property for profit ▲corporate finance ▲personnel management.

The evaluation areas for private schools consist of three domains: ▲staff personnel management ▲operation of the educational community ▲school financial management, based on 8 items and 24 indicators, with document evaluation conducted. On-site verification evaluation will be conducted if necessary.

Meanwhile, the total reward fund for the private educational institutions operation evaluation is 300 million KRW. The Office of Education plans to announce the final selection results in October after analyzing and reviewing the evaluation materials.

Differentiated rewards will be given to 7 selected excellent school corporations and 15 excellent private schools.

Kim Jungwoo, Director of Policy Planning at the Gwangju Office of Education, said, “Through the private educational institutions operation evaluation, we will conduct a comprehensive inspection of the operation of private educational institutions and induce improvements in deficient areas to enhance the transparency and soundness of private educational institutions.”

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