Ministry of Education “By the 20th of the metropolitan area remote class … 14 days to decide whether to resume school”

Entry 2020.09.13 19:34

While social distancing in the Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon metropolitan areas has been reduced from 2.5 to 2, the school’s full distance education policy is expected to remain until the 20th. It is decided whether or not to resume. the school after a discussion between the Ministry of Education and the superintendent of the metropolitan and provincial superintendents.

The Ministry of Education issued a press release on the 13th and said: “The total of distance classes in the metropolitan area will remain until the 20th according to the previous policy.” I’ll announce it later. ”

“Until the 20th, kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools in the metropolitan area hold distance classes, and in non-metropolitan areas, according to the reinforced minimization of density, within a third of kindergartens childhood, primary and secondary schools and two-thirds of secondary schools. I’ll keep going to school soon. “

Earlier, on the 26th of last month, before distance distance was upgraded to stage 2.5, the Ministry of Education announced a plan to convert all distance classes into schools in the metropolitan area, excluding secondary school 3 for the 11 of this month. Later, when the quarantine authorities increased their distance, the remote class period was also delayed until the 20th.

However, Chuseok holidays remain variable. The script announced that it would designate a special quarantine period for two weeks starting on the 28th, including the Chuseok holiday. The Education Ministry added: “As a special quarantine period is established for the two-week Chuseok vacation, we will consider and discuss it.”

Apart from the resumption of school classes, as of the 14th the group ban will be lifted for a total of 41,567 small and medium-sized academies in the metropolitan area with less than 300 students due to the decrease in distance from the academies. Small and medium academies, teaching centers, and reading rooms can be resumed according to key quarantine rules such as group restrictions, wearing masks, and writing access lists.

High-risk facilities, 393 large academies with more than 300 people, will remain prohibited until the 27th. Large academies in non-metropolitan areas are prohibited from meeting until the 20th as usual, while small and medium-sized academies continue to apply restrictions to meetings and mandatory compliance with quarantine rules.