Ulsan Office of Education, 1,328 Applicants for 179 Positions... English Highest at 19.8 to 1

Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education.

Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education.

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The competition rate for next year's public middle school teacher recruitment exam in Ulsan area was 8 to 1. The overall competition rate for middle school teacher exams including health and special education was 7.4 to 1.


Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 3rd that the average competition rate for the 2022 academic year middle school teachers and health, librarian, professional counselor, nutrition, and special (middle school) teacher candidate selection competitive exam was 7.4 to 1.


As a result of application submissions from the 25th to the 29th of last month, 1,287 applicants applied for 160 positions across 22 subjects for public middle school teachers, showing a competition rate of 8 to 1.


For teachers selected under the total quota system for disability category recruitment, 19 applicants applied for 14 positions, showing a competition rate of 1.4 to 1, and the average competition rate including both general and disability category recruitment was 7.5 to 1.


This competition rate is slightly lower than last year’s, when 1,412 applicants applied for 183 positions, showing a competition rate of 7.7 to 1.


By subject, English had the highest competition rate with 99 applicants for 5 positions, at 19.8 to 1, while Technology had the lowest with 14 applicants for 5 positions, at 2.8 to 1.


Under the total quota system for disability category recruitment, implemented for the first time this year, 13 applicants applied across 12 middle school subjects, enabling the selection of disabled teachers in various subjects.


In the case of private schools, 224 applicants applied for 5 positions, recording an average competition rate of 44.8 to 1. The number of applicants who applied exclusively to private schools was 22, resulting in a competition rate of 4.4 to 1.


The number of applicants who applied simultaneously to public and private schools, with the corporation as their second choice (Korean, English), was 202.


By gender, 978 applicants (73.6%) were female and 350 (26.4%) were male, with the oldest applicant being a 57-year-old female.


The location for the first exam will be announced on the Office of Education website at 10 a.m. on November 19.


Applicants will take the first exam on November 27, and successful candidates will be selected at 1.5 times the planned number of recruits per subject.



The first exam passers will be announced on December 31 through a notice on the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education website.


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