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The Gangwon Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education announces a plan to conduct a competitive examination every year to select candidates for public kindergarten, elementary, and special school teacher appointments.
The size of public elementary school teacher appointments in the Gangwon region next year has slightly increased compared to this year.
According to the '2027 Competitive Test Implementation Plan for Selection of Teacher Appointment Candidates for Public Kindergarten, Elementary and Special School Teachers' announced by the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education on the 9th, 160 public elementary school teachers are scheduled to be selected next year.
This is an increase of 31 people from the 129 people scheduled to be selected this year.
The number of public kindergarten teachers decreased by 3 from this year to 29, and the number of kindergarten and elementary special education teachers increased by 5 to 15.
Applications will be accepted from the 28th to the 2nd of next month, and the first exam will be held on November 7th and the second exam will be held on January 6th to 8th next year.
Details about the employment test implementation plan can be found on the Provincial Office of Education website.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, 25 education support offices, and 29 cities and counties signed a business agreement on the 9th to build 100 school complex facilities at Wondong Elementary School in Osan. According to the agreement, the Office of Education will provide school land, and the local government will provide budget support to build a facility equipped with a swimming pool, library, and care center. Superintendent Ahn Min-seok proposed the ‘Gyeonggi Golden Plan’ with the goal of completing one plan per 100,000 people within 10 years. In addition, it was decided to promote five common tasks and five regional pending issues, including spreading the phone-free culture, revitalizing RAS character education, and doubling the education budget. Yongin City and Seongnam City did not participate in the agreement, but plan to discuss future cooperation projects.

Jeju Island announced on the 9th that it had appointed Professor Emeritus Kim Elim of Korea Open University, an expert in gender equality legislation and women's policy, as the 5th director of the Jeju Women and Family Research Institute. The term of office is three years until September 8, 2029, and Director Kim proposed the goals of improving the utilization of research results and policies and restoring the trust of residents.

Minister of Education Choi Kyo-jin will attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kangwon National University Semiconductor Joint Research Institute held at Kangwon National University on the afternoon of the 9th. The Ministry of Education is promoting the establishment of a joint semiconductor research center in each region to expand the foundation for nurturing semiconductor talent in non-metropolitan areas, and the groundbreaking ceremony for Kangwon National University is the first of the six national university regions. It will be built with a total floor area of 4,124 m2 and 4 floors above ground, with a total project cost of 19.4 billion won, and is scheduled for completion in January 2028.

As a result of receiving applications for new students at 22 science high schools nationwide for the 2027 school year, the total number of applicants was 6,282, an increase of 12.1% compared to the previous year. 406 and 405 students applied to the newly established Bucheon Science High School and Bundang Central Science High School, respectively, for a total of 811 students. Jongno Academy analyzed the establishment of a new Gyeonggi region and the increase in preference for science and engineering among middle school students as the main reasons, and announced that the increase in support for science high schools is attracting attention even as the number of medical school students is expanding.

Professor Cho Sook-kyung's book 'Science and Culture in the AI Era' of Korea Institute of Energy Technology's Department of Energy Engineering was selected as the 2026 Sejong Academic Book. This book combines cutting-edge technology and education, presents directions for science education to prepare for the future, and emphasizes the importance of communication and building trust between science and society.

The Gangwon Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education announced that the number of applicants for the College Scholastic Ability Test for the 2027 school year was 12,583, a decrease of 497 from last year. The number of enrolled students and other applicants decreased, the number of graduates increased, and by gender, both men and women decreased. The exam will be held on November 19th.