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As you heard earlier, not only schools, but also kindergartens decided to open the doors on the 20th of this month. However, daycare centers are not included in today's (4th) announcement, so it has been delayed since June that children go to daycare centers.

This is reporter Song In-ho.

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Except for high school 3, the fact that it was an unexpected decision to set the kindergarten opening date to 20 days is a general evaluation both inside and outside the educational community.

This is because kindergarten students aged 3 to 5 years have relatively weak immunity.

Nonetheless, the Ministry of Education included on the school day on the 20th because the kindergarten's remote class itself is difficult.

In addition, it was considered that education gaps may occur due to the help of parents when attending remote classes, and that about 1 in 4 children are already enrolled for reasons of emergency care, such as working together.

[Eunhye Yoo / Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education: Considering that kindergarten and elementary school 1st and 2nd graders are more effective in face-to-face classes than in remote classes, and the majority of elementary emergency care participants are already elementary and low grade students. .]

However, daycare centers are not included in the opening schedule.

[Kim Kang-lip / Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare: Children who use daycare centers are younger, and the frequency of contact with grandmothers and grandfathers is considered.]Private daycare centers are very sorry for the government's decision.

The reason is that 57% of all childcare centers are already attending daycare centers, so there is no reason to postpone opening.

In addition, it is argued that 550,000 children aged 3 to 5 who need to attend kindergarten are using day care centers, which is not suitable for equity.

[Private nursery school director: Before the corona crisis, in fact, the management shortage due to the sharp drop in kindergarten was scheduled for this year. In fact, the number of examinations of the state of closing, semi-closed, and closed is much higher than in the previous year.] The

government will decide whether to open the daycare center after June after observing the elementary, middle and high school and kindergarten opening conditions.

(Video editing: Kim Sun-tak)