Busan Office of Education Achieves Consecutive Excellence Awards in Both Halves of the Active Administration Competition

Student-First Administration... Establishing 'Morning Change' and Safe Commute Routes

Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, which has prioritized students and actively implemented proactive administration, achieved the remarkable feat of winning excellence awards consecutively in both the first and second halves of the year at the Proactive Administration Best Practices Competition.

Busan Office of Education.

Busan Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Ha Yun-su) won the excellence award at the Ministry of Education’s ‘2023 Second Half Proactive Administration Best Practices Competition.’ This is the third achievement following awards in the second half of 2021 and the first half of 2023.

The Ministry of Education’s Proactive Administration Best Practices Competition is held twice a year to foster a culture of proactive administration and discover various excellent cases.

In this competition, 30 excellent cases were submitted from metropolitan and provincial offices of education nationwide, and among the 8 cases that passed the first and second preliminary rounds, Busan Office of Education’s ‘Safe School Route Creation Project’ was selected for the excellence award.

Last year, Busan Office of Education worked hard to establish a safety network for school routes by demolishing school fences and opening temporary entrances to reduce student movement paths and secure the safety of children’s school routes.

Kim Jumi, the officer in charge of the School Safety General Division at the city education office and the award recipient, will also receive a commendation from the Deputy Prime Minister and personnel incentives.

Busan Metropolitan Office of Education was recognized for its merit in proactive administration centered on students by winning the excellence award again in the second half of last year, following the ‘Morning Change(體仁智)’ project that wakes up schools in the first half of the year.

In particular, this is evaluated as a key factor for being the only metropolitan and provincial office of education nationwide to receive a Grade 1 rating in the ‘Integrity Perception’ evaluated by civil petitioners in the ‘2023 Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation’ conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

Taking the consecutive excellence awards in the first and second halves as an opportunity, the city education office plans to organize and operate a ‘Proactive Administration Monitoring Team’ starting this year to carry out proactive administration that users can feel more directly.

This monitoring team is expected to play a role as a communication channel that reflects the voices of education policy users throughout all processes of proactive administration promotion and delivers its outcomes.

Ha Yun-su, Superintendent of Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, said, “I thank the staff who have promoted policies centered on students so far,” and added, “I ask you to continue to stand on the side of students and other education policy users and actively carry out proactive administration.”

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