244
Elementary teams
COMPLETED EVENT RECORD · REVIEWED AUGUST 30, 2026
2026 National Student Statistics Poster Competition:
Official Results & Next-Cycle Guide
Korea's 28th National Student Statistics Poster Competition is complete. The Ministry of Data and Statistics announced final results on August 26, 2026: 1,640 participating teams and 117 winning teams. This page records that cycle; it is not a current or 2027 application notice.
Direct answer
What does the official August 26 announcement say?
The Ministry reported 244 elementary, 556 middle-school, and 840 high-school teams. Across the three divisions, 117 teams received Grand, Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Merit awards, and three schools received group awards. The Ministry said the work was assessed through written review, presentation review, and in-depth interviews, including rational problem solving, statistical-analysis understanding, and method appropriateness.
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28TH COMPETITION · COMPLETED
2026 schedule and final result record
These dates describe the completed 2026 cycle. The 2027 entry period, eligibility, format, and AI-use rules remain unknown until a new official notice is published.
| Stage | 2026 date | Recorded status |
|---|---|---|
| Team registration | May 1-June 12 | Closed |
| Poster submission | June 15-July 8 | JPG or PDF; PDF recommended |
| Written review | July 16 | Completed |
| Presentation review | August 5-7 | Completed |
| In-depth interview | August 19 | Final judging completed |
| Final result announcement | August 26 | 117 winning teams; three group awards |
556
Middle-school teams
840
High-school teams
STUDENT-OWNED INQUIRY
Build evidence that the student can explain
Define the question and data permission
Record the source, license, survey consent, privacy limits, collection rights, and sampling limits before analysis.
Use an appropriate method
The student cleans data, selects statistics, builds charts, checks errors, and can defend why the method answers the question.
Separate evidence from interpretation
Keep versions and explain results, uncertainty, limitations, student decisions, mentor feedback, and permitted AI assistance.
Authorship, AI use, and submission boundary
The student must lead the question, collection, analysis, visualization, writing, and explanation. Check the competition's current AI rules before use and record the tool, purpose, revisions, and verification. CIT teaches methods and gives feedback; it does not ghostwrite, submit, or present student work. A competition record is not automatically an admissible science-high, gifted-school, or international-school portfolio. Use it only where the applicable school, activity, and admissions rules permit.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is Korea's National Student Statistics Poster Competition?+
It is a statistics-poster competition organized by Korea's Ministry of Data and Statistics, formerly Statistics Korea. Students define an inquiry question, analyze data they collect, and explain their conclusion on one poster. The 28th competition in 2026 is complete, and 1,640 teams participated.
Who could enter the 2026 competition?+
The 28th competition had elementary Grades 4-6, middle-school, and high-school divisions and also covered same-age youth. Students formed teams of one to three with a supervising teacher. A future cycle's grade, age-equivalency, teacher, and team rules must be checked in its new official notice.
What did students submit?+
For the 28th competition, students submitted a one-page statistics-poster file presenting their question, data collection and analysis, charts or tables, interpretation, and conclusion. The notice listed JPG or PDF and recommended PDF. A future cycle's format, specifications, and AI-use rules must come from its new notice.
How was the 2026 competition judged?+
After registration and poster submission, the 28th competition used written review, presentation review, and an in-depth interview. Final judging was August 19, 2026, and the Ministry announced results August 26. It cited rational problem solving, understanding of statistical analysis, and appropriateness of statistical methods among its criteria.
Is the 2026 competition over?+
Yes. Final results for the 28th competition were announced August 26, 2026. Dates on this page are a completed-event record, not a current application window or a 2027 schedule. As of August 30, 2026, this guide does not project the 29th competition's entry, eligibility, or dates before a new official notice.
What were the final 2026 results?+
The Ministry reported 244 elementary-division teams, 556 middle-school teams, and 840 high-school teams, for 1,640 teams total. Each division selected one Grand Prize, one Gold, 17 Silver, 10 Bronze, and 10 Merit teams, producing 117 winning teams overall, plus three school group awards. These are completed 2026 figures and do not predict a future cycle.
Does this automatically become a science, gifted, or international-school AI portfolio?+
No. A student can create a data-inquiry learning record that explains the question, data source and collection permission, analysis, results, errors and limitations, student role, and mentor or AI help. Actual submission is allowed only when the current rules of the school, admissions track, school year, or activity permit it; awards, submission permission, and admission are not guaranteed.
How does CIT support preparation?+
The student performs the inquiry-question, source and consent checks, data collection, analysis, visualization, poster or report, and presentation work. CIT teaches Python analysis and validation and gives feedback in Apgujeong or through online one-to-one and small-group lessons across Korea and overseas, but does not write, submit, or present the student's work.
Official sources and review boundary
This guide uses the Ministry's launch and final-result notices as the source of record. The Korean competition site hosts winning works. Search snippets, old posters, and prior-cycle dates do not establish a future schedule.
Official final resultsMinistry · August 26, 2026Official launch noticeMinistry · April 30, 2026Official competition siteWinning-work archive
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