As Corona 19 from the Coupang Logistics Center in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do rapidly spread around the metropolitan area, the Ministry of Education decided to reduce the number of elementary and junior high school students in the metropolitan area to less than a third of all students.

However, as for the high school, the standard of two-thirds or less attending school remains the same as before.

Deputy Minister of Education, Baek Beom Park, said in a briefing on the reinforcement of school guidelines at the Sejong Government Complex on the 29th. We will strengthen the standards to minimize school density, such as going to school, and apply it. "

Through the briefing on the 24th, the Ministry of Education announced that it strongly recommends that school attendance is less than two-thirds of students in the metropolitan area, Daegu, and some Gyeongbuk schools, which are highly concerned about the spread of corona19 community infection.

However, with the spread of infection from the Bucheon Coupang Distribution Center, it was decided to further reduce the number of attending schools in the metropolitan area, elementary and junior high schools in five days.

In high school, it is interpreted that the number of attending school is maintained at the same level as before, as there is an urgent high school 3 with face-to-face instruction due to career or college entrance.

Schools in non-metropolitan areas decided to apply the existing standards.

In addition, the Ministry of Education maintained the existing school start date in principle, but allowed the municipalities and classes to decide autonomously for the grade and class.

However, some critics say that the Ministry of Education's new standard for minimizing density will not be effective to reduce the risk of infection by reducing the number of students attending school.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education has already recommended attending two-thirds of high schools and one-third of middle schools before the announcement of the Ministry of Education.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's recently announced secondary school operation plan, high school 3 recommended daily school attendance and high school 1 · 2 recommended bi-weekly school attendance.

In addition, most middle schools in Seoul have already attended 1st to 3rd grades every week, so the number of students attending school is one-third of all students.

It has been found that elementary school students have already attended one or two times a week by grade level and have already met the criteria of one-third or less of the Ministry of Education.

On the 20th, after high school 3, on the 27th, high school 2, middle 3, elementary 1 ~ 2, and kindergarten students began to attend school.

Schools that postponed and stopped attending school nationwide increased from 561 places on the 27th (1:30 pm), the first day of the 2nd school class for high school students or younger, to 838 schools on the 28th (10 am).

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