Daejeon Office of Education to Select About 1,000 Gifted Education Candidates for 2026

Gifted Students to Be Selected at Regional Joint Gifted Classes (3 Elementary, 17 Middle Schools) and Two Gifted Education Institutes

Daejeon Office of Education Building (Photo by Mo Seokbong)

The Daejeon Office of Education will select approximately 1,000 gifted students for the 2026 academic year.

To discover and nurture creative talents who will lead future society, the Office of Education will conduct a giftedness assessment for the selection of gifted education candidates for the 2026 academic year on December 6.

Through this selection process, about 1,000 gifted students will be chosen for regional joint gifted classes (at 20 schools) and gifted education institutes (Daejeon Institute of Education and Science, Daejeon Education Information Institute).

The selection of gifted education candidates will proceed in two stages. First, on December 6, a giftedness assessment will be conducted to identify students’ potential. Then, on December 13, each gifted education institution will conduct in-depth interviews with the first-round successful candidates, comprehensively evaluating their advanced inquiry skills and character.

In particular, the Daejeon Office of Education plans to diversify the fields of gifted education in 2026 to strengthen digital convergence capabilities, which are core competencies in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The integrated mathematics and science program, which was operated in the 2025 academic year, will be expanded to an integrated mathematics, science, and information program. Regional joint gifted classes, which previously focused only on mathematics and science, will also expand to include information science.

Through this, students will be able to develop SW and AI capabilities based on mathematical thinking and scientific inquiry, which is expected to serve as an important foundation for fostering future-oriented talent.

Kim Youngjin, Director of the Science and Career Information Department at the Daejeon Office of Education, stated, "Through this selection, we will identify creative talents with infinite potential at an early stage and spare no effort in supporting students so that they can develop creative problem-solving skills to define and solve problems on their own in a rapidly changing future environment."

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