Next Year in Seoul: Decrease in New Secondary Teacher Hires, Increase in Health, Librarian, Nutrition, and Counseling Teachers

A Total of 710 Selected
Application Submission Starts from the 19th of This Month
Final Successful Candidates Announced on February 10 Next Year

On May 26, one day before the return to in-person classes for 11th graders, 9th graders, and 1st and 2nd graders in elementary school, a nutrition teacher at Sindong Elementary School cafeteria in Seocho-gu, Seoul, is marking X signs by leaving one seat empty on both sides as a social distancing measure. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 8th that it will select a total of 710 public middle school teachers, including health and librarian teachers, for next year.

On the same day, the Seoul Office of Education announced the implementation plan for the 2021 academic year public (national, private) middle school teachers, health, librarian, nutrition, professional counseling, and special (middle school) teacher candidate selection competitive examination through its website.

Public teachers will be selected in 28 subjects: 388 middle school teachers, 85 health teachers, 21 librarians, 54 nutrition teachers, 90 professional counselors, and 72 special (middle school) teachers.

Compared to the number of recruits last year, the number of middle school teachers decreased by 274, but health, librarian, nutrition, and professional counseling teachers increased by 97, resulting in a final decrease of 173. This is 249 more than the preliminary announced number in August.

Private school teachers will be selected through the first exam entrusted by 28 school corporations, with a total of 131 teachers in 25 subjects: 11 middle school teachers, 6 health teachers, 2 professional counselors, and 11 special (middle school) teachers. The first exam will be held simultaneously with the public exam, and each school corporation will conduct the second exam.

National school teachers will be entrusted to select 1 health teacher for Korea Woojin School and 2 special (middle school) teachers for Seoul School for the Blind.

Applications can be submitted through the NEIS (National Education Information System) online recruitment system for teachers from the 19th to the 23rd of this month for five days. For related inquiries, contact the Seoul Education Call Center.

The second exam will be held on November 21, and the third exam will be held on January 20, 26, and 27 of next year. The announcement of the first exam passers is scheduled for December 29, and the final successful candidates will be announced on February 10 of next year.

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