Kinki University, which has a campus in Higashi-Osaka City, decided to give most of the lectures face-to-face from this year, but due to the rapid increase in the number of people infected with the new coronavirus, the lecture will be canceled for one week next week. , I will switch some of them online from next week.
Kinki University gave many lectures online last year, but in response to requests from students and parents, in principle, we decided to give face-to-face lectures from this year, and during the spring break, all classrooms will have ventilation fans. We have taken measures such as installing a sensor to measure the concentration of carbon dioxide.
However, from the 7th of the first day, many students gathered on campus, and some classrooms became crowded.
As the number of people infected with the new coronavirus in Osaka Prefecture is increasing rapidly, the university will cancel lectures at the headquarters campus in Higashi-Osaka City for one week next week, and will return some of them online from the next week. I decided.
A first-year female student in the Faculty of International Studies said, "I was looking forward to the university life that is about to begin, so I was surprised to hear that the class was canceled. I am worried about what will happen in the future."
A second-year law student said, "I'm taking face-to-face classes that started with my father, but I was surprised at the large number of people. I think it's unavoidable to cancel the class, but it's a shame."
Yoko Kawahara, Secretary-General of the Kinki University Faculty of Science and Engineering Student Center, said, "Since students play a leading role in the university, we took measures to cancel classes so that we can live our campus life with peace of mind. I want to do it. "