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Large boarding academies in the metropolitan area, with more than 300 students, have been classified as high-risk facilities. So the academy tried to send all the students home, but the parents strongly opposed it, so it couldn't be done.

This is Jeong Seong-jin.

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is a boarding academy in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do.

In accordance with the government's administrative order to ban gatherings, we tried to send all students home this weekend, but we urgently canceled it last night (21st).

[Boarding academy officials: (What are the students doing now?) You can see that it is the same as other boarding academies (self-study).]

Most of the boarding academies with more than 300 students in Gyeonggi Province withdrew their student discharges because of strong opposition from parents.

Parents asked why the academy was isolated from the outside and was rather a corona-clean area, asking why it was sent back home, and even raised a public petition to withdraw the discharge measures.

[Parents of boarding academy students: Many boarding academy students return to the academy again after not catching (Corona 19)? If even one person comes out, thousands of students will be quarantined... .] I

have a problem with the academic calendar.

From the beginning of next month, you have to complete the registration of the address where you will be taking the SAT exam, but if you leave the academy, confusion may increase in registering your address.

[Admission academy officials: It is also unclear whether it is possible or impossible for (students) to return to the academy again. The decision on whether to move to the address should be decided now... .]

However, students argue that boarding academies are more dangerous because there are academy staff who commute to work every day, and many students come outside for exams.

[Boarding academy student: Outsiders keep coming and going a lot, but the risk of (group infection) is so severe... .] The

competent school district is also unable to draw a conclusion.

[Gyeonggi-do Office of Education Official: I made several phone calls to the Ministry of Education. Boarding academy should apply differently, but there is still no sharp answer.]

Nevertheless, it seems that the confusion will continue as the Ministry of Education has revealed that it will enforce the discharge order until the 30th.

(Video coverage: Kim Heung-sik·Jeong Sang-bo, video editing: Kim Jong-tae)