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Some students alleged that the corona 19 online classes at the university continued to violate the right to learn, but Konkuk University decided to cut some of the tuition fees. Other university movements are noted.

Reporter Han Ji-yeon.

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In April, the Konkuk University Student Association requested the school to deliberate on the partial refund of the tuition, saying that online classes infringed on the right to study.

[Konkuk University student: In the case of an experiment class, we couldn't do it ourselves… There is little feedback, and there are many professors who fill the class hours by substituting assignments, but the students infringe on the right to class (I think.)] After a

long discussion, the school accepted the students' arguments.

[University of Konkuk University Student Association: We asked for 50% at first. (50%) Realistically, the school fell to a level where it wasn't operating at all. You can think of it as 20~30%.]

Refund of tuition will be made by reducing some of the tuition bills for the next semester, but the specific amount has not been decided yet.


[Konkuk University officials: Because they are all sensitive... I'm literally tug of war... (What a tug-of-war at any good? Do not come out how many per cent?), Open the back again consider something like this or a specific amount ratio this week (will decide.)

Have been paid to the special scholarship format instead of a refund from several universities recently However, Konkuk University is the first to decide to refund some of the tuition fees to compensate for infringement of the right to study.

Other universities are still known to be negative about tuition refunds because of the costs for quarantine and distance learning.

[Korea University Education Association officials: Because I was communicating with universities in that sense, rather than returning the tuition refund, I would like to solve it through a special scholarship or something like that... ] The

Ministry of Education is in the position of each university to decide for itself, but it is expected that the decision of Konkuk University will affect other universities as the demand for tuition refunds is increasing nationwide, with students from over 70 universities preparing for class action.

(Video Editing: Yonghwa Jung, VJ: Soyoung Shin)