Ulsan Gangnam and Gangbuk Gifted Education Centers Conduct Selection Exam for Gifted Education Candidates

Ulsan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Gangnam Gifted Education Center and Gangbuk Gifted Education Center will conduct the 2023 academic year Gangnam·Gangbuk Gifted Education Candidate Selection Exam on the 3rd at Ulsan Seo Girls' Middle School and Yugok Middle School.

This gifted education candidate selection exam will conduct a 2nd stage giftedness test and a 3rd stage in-depth evaluation using the GED (Gifted Education Database) system among 4th and 6th grade students in local elementary schools.

A total of 189 Gangnam students and 171 Gangbuk students, who were recommended by their school principals in the 1st stage, took the selection exam.

The 2nd stage giftedness test is an advanced test using domain-specific problem-solving performance tools developed by the Korea Educational Development Institute (KEDI), conducted simultaneously nationwide to evaluate examinees' creative thinking and giftedness.

The 3rd stage in-depth evaluation is an advanced descriptive test conducted by each gifted education center to assess the excellent potential abilities of examinees in each domain.

Gangnam and Gangbuk Gifted Education Centers plan to select 140 students each based on the total scores of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd stages. Applicants for social integration screening, such as socially disadvantaged candidates, will be given priority selection within 10% of the quota.

This selection exam, which also allowed COVID-19 confirmed patients to take the test, provided convenience to examinees by setting up a separate test site at the Ulsan Education Research Information Center Teacher Research Support Center for COVID-19 confirmed examinees wishing to take the exam.

The final successful candidates of the gifted education candidate selection exam will be announced on the 14th through the GED system after deliberation by the gifted education candidate selection committee.

An official from the Office of Education said, “Gangnam and Gangbuk Gifted Education Centers will continuously support the early discovery of outstanding talents who can create convergent values with creativity and passion, so that the development of creative and convergent potential abilities can be maximized.”

He added, “In the 2023 academic year, we will also focus on solidifying the operation of the gifted education centers with excellent curricula applying various educational programs and individual inquiry project learning models.”