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The Ministry of Education clarified that this year the opening of schools will not be postponed like last year. Even if the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) increases after the Lunar New Year holidays, the school opening hours will not change. School classes are extended from early childhood, lower primary school and special schools.
Even after starting a LAN line, keep the schedule
Kindergarten, lower elementary school support first school attendance
“Young patients, less likely to infect others”
The Seoul National University team also expressed skepticism about the mandatory quarantine.
The Ministry of Education announced the work plan for 2021 at the Sejong Government Complex on the 26th. At this meeting, Lee Sang-soo, Director of the Office of Support for School Innovation in the Ministry of Education, replied: delay in starting school because the situation changes? ” Principal Lee explained, “We will take steps to ensure predictable academic management by operating remote classrooms and schools appropriately and flexibly.” It means that if the number of confirmed cases increases, the schedule will not be changed even when “opening a LAN line”.
The Education Ministry delayed the opening of schools due to the spread of Corona 19 last year, but it only opened online in April. There are many cases where access to the site is not possible when starting online school without sufficient preparation. Principal Lee said: “Unlike last year, when the opening of the school was postponed due to lack of preparation for remote classes, the same situation will not happen this year because remote and school classes have been operated flexibly. During the past year”.
The first task in the work plan of the Ministry of Education was ‘Recovery of daily life at school’. The Ministry of Education said: “We will provide support for infants, primary school students and special school students to go to school first, taking into account social needs and stages of development.” More details, such as the schedule of attendance by grade level and grade, will be announced in the future.
In schools where distance is difficult due to the large number of students, the number of teachers increases. The Ministry of Education decided to add 2,000 students, including teachers, lecturers, pre-service teachers, and limited-time teachers, to more than 30 students in an elementary school class as overcrowded classes.
On the other hand, it was argued that the need for quarantine in the facility is not great because confirmed cases of infection by the new coronavirus (Corona 19) in children and adolescents under 18 years of age have a weak contagion.
This is through an article published in the International Journal of Korean Medicine (JKMS) published by Professor Kiwook Yoon and Eunhwa Choi from the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescents at Seoul National University Hospital. The research team analyzed the infectious and clinical symptoms of 53 confirmed patients ages 0 to 18 who were admitted to the Nowon Life Treatment Center and Boramae Hospital in Seoul from August 6 to November 14 last year. Two people under 1 year old, 25 from 1 to 4 years old, 12 from 5 to 9 years old and 14 from 10 to 18 years old, were quarantined along with 45 parents and guardians. Of the 16 guardians who were not confirmed, 15 were in close contact with the child alone, but they were not confirmed. Only one quarantined woman along with three confirmed family members tested positive during post-discharge quarantine.
The 15 uninfected people reported that they only followed basic quarantine rules, such as wearing masks and hand hygiene. The research team said: “Three babies under the age of 2 were not wearing masks, but their guardians were not infected.” The research team argued that, taking into account clinical symptoms (asymptomatic and mild), contagion and stress in children, those aged 0 to 18 do not necessarily need to be isolated in a facility.
Reporters Moon Hyun-kyung and Hwang Soo-yeon [email protected]
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