<Anchor> It is a



friendly economic time.

I will be with reporter Kim Hye-min.

Reporter Kim, Except for the Gangwon-do area where there was a sudden heavy snowfall yesterday (1st), most of the schools across the country today are opening, right?



<Reporter>



Yes, March 2nd every year is both the entrance ceremony and the opening ceremony.

Students who haven't been to school for a long time due to Corona 19 are also starting their first journey in a new school year from today.



The grades that go to school every day are actually part of it.

Kindergarten and elementary school 1st and 2nd graders go to school every day because there is a caring gap and it is difficult to take remote classes because they are too young.



Senior high school students taking the SAT this year also attend school every day, just like last year.

In addition, the rest of the school year go to school every other week or every other day.



Some have also feared that the risk of COVID-19 infection will increase if children are gathered in one classroom.



However, while our society has been thinking a lot about the risk of sending school, it is time to think about the cost and risk of not sending school.



<Anchor>



Right.

But still, some parents are a little anxious about sending students and children to school.

But nonetheless, what is the reason for the necessity of going to school?



<Reporter>



Last year, the OECD released a piece of data.

This is the result of a study that converts the loss of the education gap into economic cost. Of course, we cannot give an advantage over economic cost over children's health.



As children are unable to go to school, it is predicted that the global gross domestic product will decrease by an average of 1.5% in the future.



Although it is counted as an amount, it is worth 14 trillion and 200 billion dollars, or about 5,000 trillion won.

In Korea, it was calculated as 1.5 trillion dollars, so about 1,677 trillion won.



Even if these expenses are excluded, the decline in social and emotional development of children is also a big problem.

Since only receiving distance education, sociality is falling and the education gap is widening.



While media exposure time increased, the amount of exercise decreased.

The stress of parents due to caring is also extreme.



Now is the time to find a way for parents to send their children to school without worrying, by mobilizing a way to reduce the number of people in the classroom a little more, rather than preventing them from going to school.



<Anchor>



I think it would be nice if the children continued to do well in school without any major problems.

Let me tell you a different story.

There was an interesting survey recently.

The gift rankings that children want to receive in the new semester have changed from before?



<Reporter>



Yes, an online shopping mall asked student consumers what they would like to receive as a gift for the new semester.



Last year, the number one gift I wanted to receive was shoes and bags, but this year it went down to second place.

Laptops, PCs, and tablets rose to the top.



This is because I still use this digital device a lot while taking online classes often.

I also asked what the average amount of money spent on gifts for the new semester this year was about 390,000 won.



Compared to last year, it increased by 7%, and in particular, respondents who said they spent more than 1 million won rose slightly from last year.



Somehow, popular laptops and tablets are expensive, so their spending seems to have increased.

89% of the channels to purchase gifts were online malls.



Online malls are a little cheaper, and it's easy to compare products from different brands.



<Anchor> In



previous years, there are many electronic device discount events during the school opening period.

Do you do it this year?



<Reporter>



Yes, even if you don't introduce this, many people already know it. From the beginning of this year to mid-March or the end of March, electronic product companies are holding educational discount events for college students and graduate students.



They say that they buy a lot because the discount range is large and the freebies are good.

You shouldn't visit the store in person.

You must go to the online dedicated website and purchase to receive a discount.



Because of the large discount range, college students who do not necessarily need electronic devices are also receiving education discounts and buying devices and selling them at used sites at a fee.

It seems that you can spend wisely according to each situation.