Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 16th that the application period for the ‘2024 Academic Year Public and Private Kindergarten, Elementary, and Special School (Kindergarten and Elementary) Teacher Candidate Selection Competitive Examination’ has ended, with a competition rate of 3.4 to 1 for public schools and 1.5 to 1 for private schools.


For public schools, 398 applicants applied for 117 positions, while for private schools, 3 applicants applied for 2 positions.

Ulsan Office of Education.

Ulsan Office of Education.

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First, in the public sector, the highest competition rate was recorded in the kindergarten teacher (general) category, with 156 applicants for 6 positions, resulting in a 26 to 1 competition rate. This is analyzed to be a 3.89% increase from last year’s competition rate of 22.11 to 1.


For elementary school teachers (general), 187 applicants applied for 88 positions, showing a competition rate of 2.13 to 1, which is similar to last year’s rate of 2.04 to 1.


In the case of special education teachers, the special kindergarten teacher (general) category had 13 applicants for 4 positions, with a competition rate of 3.25 to 1, and the special elementary school teacher (general) category had 39 applicants for 8 positions, recording a competition rate of 4.88 to 1.


For the first time this year, the private Taeyeon Academy (Taeyeon School) special school (elementary) teacher category had 3 applicants for 2 positions, resulting in a competition rate of 1.5 to 1.



The Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education will conduct the first exam on November 11. Detailed information such as candidate instructions and exam locations will be announced on November 3 on the Office of Education’s website under ‘Administrative Information/Exam Announcements.’


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