Gyeonggi Office of Education Shortens 'Administrative Adjudication Decision Period' for Prompt Rights Remedy of Residents

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education has reduced the average administrative adjudication decision period to 81 days.

The Office announced on the 31st that the administrative adjudication decision period for the prompt relief of citizens' rights has been shortened every year, from 166 days in 2022, 154 days in 2023, to 100 days in the first half of 2024.

According to the Administrative Adjudication Act (Article 45), an administrative adjudication decision must be made within 60 days from the date the adjudication request is received, with a possible extension of 30 days at the chairman's discretion.

However, due to a surge in administrative adjudication requests related to school violence, there were 426 requests in 2022, 597 in 2023, and 263 in the first half of 2024. The average decision period also prolonged to 166 days in 2022 and 154 days in 2023, causing dissatisfaction among applicants.

In response, the Office established the "Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education Administrative Adjudication Committee Operation Rules" last year, creating an institutional foundation to shorten the decision period by ▲ expanding the number of committee members ▲ increasing the frequency of committee meetings to twice a month ▲ adjusting the authority for administrative adjudication processing.

Jeong Eun-ji, the Administrative Legal Affairs Officer of the Office, stated, "While we have worked to establish an institutional foundation for administrative adjudication operations, moving forward, we will operate diligently to normalize the adjudication decision period and enhance professionalism and fairness to increase citizens' trust."

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