Deputy Prime Minister Yoo Eun-hye and Minister of Education said today (9th) "(December 3, University Scholastic Ability Test Schedule) is currently preparing to proceed as planned.

Deputy Prime Minister Yu appeared on the radio today and said, "If there is an unexpected situation in the second semester (coronavirus infection-19), we need to come up with an alternative, but it is not appropriate to comment on that." ) SAT schedule is unchanged.

"When the total number of enrolled students and current students are combined, nearly 600,000 students have taken the entrance exam and have already acted once," said Deputy Prime Minister Yu. If you do, there may be more confusion in the field."

When asked whether Corona 19 high school third graders are having difficulty filling up their life records and are disadvantaged in college entrance exams than retake students, he said, "The high school students, parents are aware of such worries." "We continue to have discussions with the council (the Grand Bridge)."

He said, "Each university is asking for cooperation to reflect measures to ensure that there are no disadvantages for high school students." "In July, we are discussing so that plans for high school entrance exams can be confirmed and announced." .

On the 20th of last month, while sequential attendance in 4 steps, starting with high school 3, was finished yesterday, Prime Minister Yu explained that attendance classes were inevitable despite concerns about Corona19.

"The longer the school is closed, the more children are lost, such as basic academic regression and psychological isolation," he said.

Aside from high school 3, most students stay in school for a short time, and sometimes they go to school once or twice a week. "In the second semester, the corona19 vaccine does not come out, and in sporadic infections, there is no choice but to combine remote and attending classes."

On the other hand, after visiting the Lotte World in Jamsil, Seoul on the 5th, 769 contacts were diagnosed with high school students who were confirmed at Corona 19, and by this morning, 681 had negative results, Prime Minister Yu said.

Deputy Prime Minister Yu said, "In this case, after coronal 19 was confirmed, we quickly informed Lotte World and made sure that the school and the school district responded in an emergency." Asked.

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