Gyeongbuk Office of Education: Public Teacher Recruitment Exam Sees Average Competition Rate of 3.44 to 1; Kindergarten Teachers at 6.98 to 1

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education announced on October 8 that 986 people applied for 287 available positions in the 2027 school-year competitive examination to select candidates for public kindergarten, elementary school, and special school (kindergarten and elementary) teaching positions, resulting in an average competition rate of 3.44 to 1.

This year's competition rate is slightly higher than last year's 3.02 to 1.

Gyeongsangbuk-do Office of Education

By field, kindergarten teaching positions had the highest competition rate, at 6.98 to 1, with 356 applicants for 51 positions. There were 496 applicants for 192 elementary school teaching positions, a rate of 2.58 to 1; 37 applicants for six special school (kindergarten) teaching positions, a rate of 6.17 to 1; and 97 applicants for 38 special school (elementary) teaching positions, a rate of 2.55 to 1.

For the region-specific recruitment of elementary school teachers in Cheongsong, Yeongyang, Yeongdeok, and Uljin, 36 applicants applied for 10 positions, resulting in a competition rate of 3.60 to 1, higher than the 2.72 to 1 rate for general elementary school recruitment.

Of all applicants, 338 were men, accounting for 34.3% of the total. This was 3.0 percentage points lower than last year's 37.3%. By field, men accounted for the highest share of applicants for elementary school positions, at 59.9%, followed by special school (elementary) positions at 30.9%, special school (kindergarten) positions at 10.8%, and kindergarten positions at 2.0%.

The first-stage examination will be held on November 7, and information on the examination venues will be posted on the Gyeongbuk Office of Education website on October 30.

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