Even if the number of confirmed cases increases again ahead of the new semester, the government has decided not to postpone the school opening schedule like last year. Kindergarten, the lower grades of elementary school, and students with disabilities decided to increase the number of classes to go to school every day.
For more details, reporter Ahn Sang-woo will explain.
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The academic schedule for the first semester of last year started online in April after four times delayed school opening due to the spread of Corona 19.
Even if the number of confirmed cases increases significantly this year, school opening is not expected to be delayed.
[이상수/교육부 학교혁신지원실장 : 작년도에는 원격수업이 도입되지 못했기 때문에 개학을 연기했던 것이고, (원격수업을) 적절하게 병행한다면, 개학이 연기되는 상황으로 가지는 않을 것이라고 보고 있습니다.]
The number of attendance and number of days will also increase.
First of all, we will expand school attendance from kindergarten, elementary school 1st and 2nd grade, and special school students.
It is a policy to attend school every day as possible.
Considering the relative difficulty of the caring gap and distance learning.
Regarding the concerns of infection due to the expansion of school, we decided to divide overcrowded classes with 30 or more students in each class.
2,000 fixed-term teachers are assigned to the growing class.
However, even if the distance 2.5 step is maintained until the start of school, it was decided in consultation with the quarantine authorities and the metropolitan and provincial offices of education whether to attend elementary school every day.
If the infectious disease situation does not improve, it is expected that the cross-school method for each grade will be maintained in order to lower the density in the new semester.
[유은혜/부총리 겸 교육부 장관 : 모든 학생들이 전면 등교할 수 있는 시기는 지역사회의 감염 위험 정도나 우리 국민의 백신 접종 상황 등을 종합적으로 검토해야 하며….]
The Ministry of Education is planning to announce specific academic schedules and school methods the day after tomorrow (28th), including whether or not high school students will attend school every day as last year.
(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Choi Hye-young)