Pohang High School Equalization Lottery: 81.1% of Students Assigned to First-Choice Schools, Higher Than Last Year's 77%

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Jong-sik) announced on the 16th that the assignment results for 14 standardized general high schools in Pohang City for the 2024 academic year have been released through the online high school admission portal and the middle and high school NEIS system.

As a result of the high school assignment lottery, out of 2,696 applicants, 2,187 students (81.1% of applicants), including special education students, student-athletes, and children of national merit, were assigned to their first-choice schools.

Gyeongbuk lottery management committee members, consisting of parents, students, and teachers, are listening to an explanation before the lottery draw.

A Gyeongbuk Office of Education official explained, "The 81.1% first-choice assignment rate is quite high, increasing from 77% last year, and is a high figure even considering that the first-choice assignment rates in other regions nationwide are around 75%. This is analyzed to be due to students applying appropriately."

In Pohang, when including second and third choices, 97% of students were assigned to their desired high schools.

The high school assignment program conducts the lottery based on an 8-digit reference number generated by combining numbers drawn individually by the assignment lottery committee members, and the entire process is recorded on video to ensure fairness in the assignment lottery.

Lee Sang-jin, Director of Education at the Gyeongbuk Office of Education, stated, "We will continue to pay close attention and provide support at the education office level to raise the overall quality of the 14 standardized general high schools evenly so that students assigned to schools other than their preferred ones can also attend school with satisfaction."

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