Yongin City Proposes Adjustment of Proctoring Allowances for Civil Service Recruitment Exam

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Yongin Special City officially proposed on the 25th at the "6th Regular Meeting of the Gyeonggi Province Mayor and County Governor Association" held at the Anyang Arts Center in Anyang that proctoring allowances for civil service recruitment written exams, which remain unchanged from 10 years ago, should be improved to reflect current conditions.

Civil service recruitment written exams involve greater responsibilities for proctors compared to other qualification exams and have a higher potential for various civil complaints, placing a significant burden on proctors. However, the allowance (60,000 won) has remained the same since 2014, making it necessary to provide incentives after a decade.

In the case of the Certified Real Estate Agent exam, which is conducted over approximately two hours like civil service written exams, the proctor allowance is 72,000 won, which is 12,000 won higher. Yongin City's position is that this higher allowance results in a higher application rate for proctoring positions in civil service exams.

When selected as a proctor, individuals are deployed to written exam sites for national and local civil service recruitment exams, where they manage the smooth conduct of exams by distributing and collecting question papers and answer sheets, as well as monitoring for cheating.

Among the total 1,994 proctors deployed at exam sites in Gyeonggi Province for the national civil service recruitment written exam held in May, 1,782 proctors (89.4%), excluding 212 civil servants from Gyeonggi Province, were civil servants seconded from 31 municipalities and counties. Among these, 82 civil servants from Yongin City participated.

Ryu Gwang-yeol, First Vice Mayor of Yongin City, who attended the meeting on behalf of Mayor Lee Sang-il, stated, "The proctoring allowance for civil service recruitment written exams remains at the level from 10 years ago, which is unrealistic." He further emphasized, "There is also an excessive dependence on civil servants from basic local governments for national civil service recruitment written exam proctoring, making it necessary to adjust the personnel dispatch ratio through placement of central government officials."

Vice Mayor Ryu also suggested, "To ensure that proctors are sufficiently familiar with their duties and exams proceed smoothly, education for proctors must be strengthened," and proposed, "A new training allowance should be established to ensure systematic education is conducted."