The 40th Gyeonggi Province Skills Competition opened on the 20th with an opening ceremony attended by approximately 1,300 athletes and officials at Uijeongbu Mechanical High School in Uijeongbu, kicking off seven days of intense competition.
The competition runs through the 26th across five schools including Uijeongbu High School, with 880 athletes competing in 53 occupational categories—the largest turnout in the event's history—to showcase their skills.
Skills competitions will be held at Venue 1, Uijeongbu High School with 25 occupational categories; Venue 2, Gyeongmin Information Industry High School with 20 categories; Venue 3, Sihwa High School with 4 categories; and Suwon Agricultural and Life Science High School and Culinary Science High School each with 2 categories.
The competition schedule runs for four days from the 20th to the 23rd with daily competitions by occupational category, followed by work evaluation from the 23rd to determine prize winners. The awards ceremony will be held at Uijeongbu High School on the 26th.
Top three finishers in this competition will advance as Gyeonggi Province representatives to the 40th National Skills Competition, with prize money awarded: 1.2 million won for gold medals, 800,000 won for silver, and 400,000 won for bronze.
Winners also receive an exemption from the relevant occupational skills qualification exam, and for the first time at the provincial level, winners will receive university scholarships from the province at full or 75% coverage.
The province clinched four consecutive overall championships at the 39th National Skills Competition held last year, and will now challenge for overall victory at the 40th National Skills Competition scheduled for September in Daejeon, as well as pursue a fifth consecutive national championship.
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