PUBLIC OFFICIALS
Education and professional training of public officials.
Lecture #6

¢Continuous education of public officials is a part of modern personal policy. It‘s one of the
functions of public administration. ¢This type of education requires foundation of special
educational institutes, which focuses on difficult tasks of public administration and related
knowledge, as communication etc. ¢Training is not only deepen knowledge of officials but it also
contributes to their socialization. ¢Another function of the training is in possibility to reveal
talented officials.
EDUCATION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS

EDUCATION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS



¢Effective educational system is called ‚‚systematic educational cycle‘‘, which tries to proceed
process of education by specific, measurable, activating, realistic and termed steps. It contains:
EDUCATION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS

¢Requirements on officials‘ education are usually expressed in legislation
¢P1rinciples of education:
—Continuity of education. It‘s life-long systematic process
—Recognition of education. Qualification obtained at one public body is recognized by any other
public body
—Variability of content and form of education. Educational content should be diverse, as well as
forms of education (Eg. E-learning, distance study, etc.)
—Combination of education by this resolution and another professional education
—The plurality of education subjects. That means using internal and also external suppliers of
educational service.
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STRUCTURE OF EDUCATION



¢Administrative bodies create annual education plans based on their own analysis.
¢Trainings must be documented and evaluated
¢Participants receive certification about completed trainings
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¢One of the main goals of the public administration reform was improvement of public services
¢There are still deficiencies of present regulation of education.
¢Other possibilities of improvement:
—Possibility of operative adaption of education process
—Standardization of educational system
—Liberalization of access to all kinds of education
—Modification of accreditation process with respect to content and quality of educational programs
—Regulation of specific rights and duties of lectors in public administration
—Strengthening the role of universities in public administration.
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EDUCATION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS
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