Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chung Eun-kyung is attending a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for Corona 19 at the Seoul Government Complex in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 22nd. Newsis
“As long as there are studies showing that schools are safer than we think, opening schools again is an urgent task.”
In addition, on the afternoon of the 24th, the chairman of the National Assembly’s Education Committee, Yoo Yoo-hong of the Democratic Party, wrote on his Facebook page, saying, “I will try my best to attend school as the Chairman of the Education Committee of the National Assembly.” Chairman Yoo said, “If you follow strict quarantine rules and open a school, you can see that it did not lead to a large-scale group infection.” “I will seriously discuss the expansion of classes with related ministries for the stable life and education of students.”Said.
Chairman Yoo’s grounds were the thesis of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) director Chung Eun-kyung and overseas research cases in Japan and Australia. Chung Cheong and a research team at Hallym University Medical School analyzed the cases of 127 children and adolescents who were diagnosed with a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) from May 1 to July 12 last year. %), published on the 27th of last month. The thesis also analyzed that among the cumulative domestic confirmed cases that occurred until July 12 last year, the ratio of the ages 0 to 19 was 7.2%, and that there was no difference before and after the suspension of school.
Chairman Yoo Yoo-hong is speaking at the general meeting of the Board of Education held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on December 4 last year. On the 24th of this month, Chairman Yoo wrote on Facebook on the 24th of this month, “As the chairman of the education committee of the National Assembly, I will make an effort for school classes.” . Newsis
After the thesis was announced, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said on the 23rd. “The Ministry of Education should consult with the quarantine authorities to prepare the new semester class method and school quarantine strategy in advance.”He ordered. Democratic Party President Lee Nak-yeon also mentioned the study results at the Party’s Supreme Council meeting on the 22nd and said, “Let’s review the conduct of responsible attendance for kindergarten and elementary school students.”
Earlier in the discussions held last week with the Democratic Party lawmakers of the National Assembly’s Education Committee and the Ministry of Education’s party administration, some lawmakers ordered a countermeasure against the educational gap caused by Corona 19. I heard directly from the Chairman of the National Assembly Education Committee Yoo Yoo-hong about what the ruling party is planning.
- Why should we promote the expansion of school classes?
- “School is not just a place where knowledge is delivered, but a place where children learn social life and perform caring functions, and there was a problem of educational gaps during non-face-to-face classes. According to statistics released in August last year, nearly 80% of teachers in the field answered that the gap in education will widen and widen after class.”
- Among parents, there is also anxiety about quarantine.
- “If you look at the thesis of Commissioner Eun-kyung Jeong and the case studies abroad, going to school may not be a very risk factor for quarantine. As the extraordinary National Assembly will be held soon in February, the National Assembly should actively strive to expand classes to school through inquiries on current issues of the Standing Committee.”
- What is the specific method and timing of expanding classes to school?
- “As class types and student life patterns are different for each elementary, middle, and high school, I intend to ask the Ministry of Education for a specific plan to slowly increase the scope of school, rather than a way to go to school all at once. The lower the grade, the more difficult it is to guarantee the quality of distance learning, so it is highly likely to start from the lower grade. In addition, it should start with schools that are vulnerable to the gap between care and education, such as special schools and small schools. I think the timing should start from March, the new semester.”
- How long has the related discussion been going on?
- “Since Prime Minister Chung ordered the review, it is still in the general stage. From tomorrow, we need to take a closer look at the possibility with the Ministry of Education. It is also necessary to collect the opinions of teachers, parents, children and other school members. However, since the Ministry of Education has also successfully taken the SAT, gained some confidence in school quarantine, and was only looking at the time to resume school classes, I think it is possible to prepare guidelines soon.”
- Some metropolitan and provincial offices of education are passive in expanding classes to school.
- “The 17 provincial superintendents have their own consultation structure, and the Seoul Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon has expressed his willingness to attend school, so it is not difficult to reconcile disagreements. With the Ministry of Education being the center, it will set the principle of a large framework, and detailed plans to be applied at each local school site will have to be considered by each provincial superintendent of education at each office.
The fact that the passports emphasized school attendance classes at once is related to the growing dissatisfaction with parents and the controversy over educational inequality as the Corona 19 situation prolongs. This is because, from the perspective of passports, which have emphasized the values of’fairness’ and’equity’, it is inevitable that the education gap increases as the school restrictions increase. Another member of the National Assembly’s Board of Education, Democratic Party member Kang Deuk-gu, also posted on Facebook on the 23rd. “It is time to fully review the expansion of school attendance”Saying “We decided that expanding school is the best way to solve the educational gap and poor basic learning.”Said.
However, it is predicted that the process of persuading the Ministry of Education, the national provincial superintendent of education, and teacher organizations will not be smooth. In the same article, Rep. Kang said, “The group that did not accept the request to expand school opening was the Ministry of Education.” “I wanted to make my thoughts an issue because of a hunger strike. “It’s too desperate.”
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