Checked 8 October 2026. A Ministry of Personnel Management (MPM) announcement describes changes to the 2027 national Grade 9 open competitive examination. The underlying Presidential Decree has already been promulgated, but the relevant provisions take effect on 1 January 2027. They expand who can use the low-income recruitment track and shorten a qualifying-period rule for two existing groups. This is not the 2027 examination notice or an open application form.

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Newly included groups

Under the current arrangement, the track covers recipients of basic livelihood security benefits and eligible single-parent-family support recipients. The original MPM release says that young people whose child-welfare protection has been extended and young adults preparing for independence after that protection ends will be included from 2027. The release refers to protection in a child-welfare facility or a foster household. Do not conflate an extension of protection with having left care. The future examination notice is needed to establish an individual's required proof and precise eligibility.

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Whose period changes from two years to one?

The release's comparison table names the basic livelihood benefit and single-parent support groups: the continuous period for which a person must hold the relevant status changes from at least two years under the current system to at least one year from 2027. The one-year period is not presented in the table as a blanket rule for both newly included care-experienced youth groups. The release explains the current two-year period by reference to the application date or closing date; do not assume the detailed calculation date for the 2027 examination until the relevant announcement is issued.

What to check next

  1. Identify which of the four stated categories you may actually fall within. The two care-related categories are not interchangeable.
  2. Use the MPM release to understand the announced change, but do not treat an information page as registration.
  3. Check the future 2027 national Grade 9 recruitment plan on the government recruitment portal for the specific documents, dates, application method and accepted status. The ministry expressly says these details will be given in that plan.
  4. Jarip Information On and Bokjiro are listed by MPM as additional information paths, not proof that an examination application has been filed.

This is advance guidance on a 2027 track, not an individualized eligibility ruling, application confirmation or examination result.

About the Author

Life Mokcha's editorial team separated the MPM release's target-group expansion from its duration change and checked the original comparison table. We have not submitted an examination application or assessed any reader's personal documents.

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