Competition Rate for Next Year’s Gangwon Kindergarten and Elementary Teacher Recruitment Exam Reaches 3.30:1

Gangwon Provincial Office of Education Announces Results of Teacher Recruitment Exam Applications
Kindergarten 9.31:1, Elementary 2.22:1, Special School (Kindergarten) 6.00:1 Competition Rates Recorded

The Gangwon Provincial Office of Education (Superintendent Shin Kyungho) announced on October 2 that the results of the application submissions for the “2026 Gangwon Provincial Kindergarten, Elementary School, and Special School (Kindergarten and Elementary) Teacher Recruitment Competitive Examination” have been posted on the office’s website.

Gangwon Provincial Office of Education building. Provided by Gangwon Provincial Office of Education

According to the application results, a total of 173 candidates (including 14 with disabilities) will be selected-171 for public schools and 2 for private schools. A total of 572 applicants (including 1 with a disability) have applied.

Looking at the competition rates for each field in the public school general recruitment: for kindergarten teachers, 270 applied for 29 positions, resulting in a ratio of 9.31:1 (previous year: 10.72:1); for elementary school teachers, 264 applied for 119 positions, with a ratio of 2.22:1 (previous year: 2.31:1); for special school (kindergarten) teachers, 6 applied for 1 position, with a ratio of 6.00:1 (previous year: 4.50:1); and for special school (elementary) teachers, 30 applied for 8 positions, with a ratio of 3.75:1 (previous year: 4.00:1).

This year, due to the consignment recruitment for private schools, simultaneous applications to both public and private schools were allowed for special school (kindergarten and elementary) teacher positions. There were 17 applicants for both public and private schools, and 1 applicant for private schools only. The selection of successful candidates for the first round of the private school exam will be made from among those who applied to both public and private schools but did not pass the public school exam, as well as those who applied only to private schools, and the results will be reported to the private school foundation.

The exam schedule is as follows: the first round will be held on November 8, and the second round will take place from January 7 to 9, 2026. The final successful candidates will be announced on the website on January 28, 2026.

Detailed results of the application submissions for the 2026 teacher recruitment exam can be found on the provincial office of education’s website (News, Exams, Recruitment - Personnel/Exam Information - Recruitment Exams - Teacher Recruitment Exams).

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