Unlike last year, which faced the online school disruption, interest is focused on whether the’opening of school’ can be achieved this year. The picture is a classroom at Woosol Elementary School in Seocho-gu, Seoul, where the online graduation ceremony was held on the 13th. Photo Joint Report Group
It is expected that students will be able to take classes at school this spring, when the new semester begins in the new school year, and it will be decided next week. A recent study showing that the risk of infection in schools is not high, and the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (middle script) also urged the resumption of school classes, and the Ministry of Education is in a hurry.
In a phone call with the JoongAng Ilbo on the 24th, an official from the Ministry of Education said, “We are considering whether to allow school attendance classes in stages, centering on the lower grades of elementary school, where there was a lot of discussion about the necessity of school attendance classes socially. There is a procedure to do this, but I will make the announcement as soon as possible.”
Business plan on the 26th, announcement of the undergraduate program on the 28th… Are there any strands of school class?
As early as the 26th, directions will be presented, and on the 28th, specific details are expected. On the 26th, the 2021 Ministry of Education work plan is scheduled to be announced. On the 28th, a plan to support the operation of the 2021 academic year will be announced. As both are briefings attended by Deputy Prime Minister Yoo Eun-hye and Minister of Education, there will be a response to the script instructions.
Earlier, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said at a major main meeting on the 23rd, “The expectations and concerns of students and parents are intersecting whether the class can be conducted normally in the spring. Prepare in advance.” Prime Minister Chung mentioned concerns about the learning gap over prolonged distance classes and the burden of care for parents. The school also mentioned a study by the International Health Organization (WHO) that it is unlikely to be a major cause of the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). In fact, it is recommended to resume school classes.
High school attendance from the lower grades of elementary school… Cooperation with the Chinese script and the Ministry of Education
A study found that closing schools in Korea did not have a significant effect on responding to Corona 19. According to a paper in the Journal of the Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases on the 27th of last month, only 2.4% of cases of school infection among the ages of 3-18 who were tested positive for Corona 19 in May-July last year were only 2.4%, and there was no significant difference in the number of confirmed cases of children and adolescents before and after school closure. Chung Eun-kyung, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also participated in the research and became a hot topic.
However, as the infectious disease crisis still remains, it is difficult for all schools to open the school gate at once, and it seems likely that the plan to start school classes first from the lower grades of elementary school is promising. On the 23rd, the head of the 2nd vice president Kwon Jun-wook of the transcript, said at the regular briefing for Corona 19, “We will again carefully assess the risk of Corona 19 in the lower grades of elementary school.”
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