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Currently, the metropolitan area junior, primary and secondary schools are completing their academic calendar through remote classes until the 20th. The metropolitan area secondary schools partially attend school according to the principle of less than a third of the density.
Other non-metropolitan schools offer face-to-face and online classes from one-third of high school concentration (within two-thirds of high school) to 20.
The Ministry of Education announced on the 14th that Deputy Prime Minister Yoo Eun-hye and the Minister of Education will meet with the provincial superintendent of education at Wonkwang University in Jeollabuk-do on the 14th to discuss the resumption of school attendance in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon, and to announce later.
The Ministry of Education plans to further determine the academic management plan taking into account that the Central Headquarters for Disasters and Security Countermeasures (middle script) has established a special quarantine period for the Chuseok holidays from 28 to 11 of the following month. To meet the second stage of social distancing, schools in metropolitan areas must relax to the same standards as those in non-metropolitan areas. However, in keeping with the same trend as quarantine authorities to enforce quarantine during the Chuseok holiday, it is not possible to resume classes as if attending schools in the metropolitan area. In the course of the discussion, the Ministry of Education said it would also consider factors that could resume school, such as fatigue of students and parents due to long distance classes, and concerns about widening the educational gap.
Some believe that the period of remote classes throughout the metropolitan area may extend until the Chuseok holiday, considering the possibility of reproliferation of Corona 19. On the other hand, there are voices that urge to resume school, saying: “It is not a good idea to close only schools in a situation in which computer rooms, restaurants and small and medium academies have also been resumed “, so there is a high possibility of partial reopening. The Ministry of Education plans to announce a further confirmation of the academic calendar in the near future.
Currently, the number of confirmed students and faculty members is 621 (510 students and 111 faculty members) from May 20 to the day before classes begin. 10 students (including 7 students) increased from 10th.
Vice Premier Yoo also held a place to communicate with the academies at the Seoul Education Center Disaster Mutual Aid Association. “I would like to share the difficulties that the academy is experiencing with such things,” he said. “There is additional deliberation in the National Assembly this week (14-18), and we will do our best to confirm the budget for the year.”
On the other hand, the simulation of evaluation of the SAT in September, scheduled for the 16th, will be carried out both online and offline. Online exams are held until 9pm and face-to-face exams are also held at 428 non-school academies (including 48 large academies with more than 300 people). Among them, face-to-face exams are also held in 22 large boarding schools densely located in the Gyeonggi area. Temporary convenience is provided by entering the exam one day before the exam and leaving the day after the exam, considering the travel time of students coming from the region. However, these large academies can take exams in person only if they meet the criteria of 50 or less per exam room.
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