<Anchor> After the

summer vacation, from the second semester, students in kindergarten, elementary and middle schools in the metropolitan area and Gwangju Metropolitan City will likely go to school more often. The education authorities have increased the number of people who can attend school, and it seems that the situation in Corona has improved a bit, and this reflects concerns about the educational gap caused by remote classes.

Reporter Han Ji-yeon.

<Reporter> As the

situation in Corona 19 has improved, the Ministry of Education has reduced the number of people who can attend school in the metropolitan area, Kwangju Metropolitan City kindergarten and elementary and junior high schools to less than one-third of all students, from two semesters to less than two-thirds.

This means that you can go to school more often than the first semester.

Unlike other regions, the metropolitan area and Gwangju Metropolitan City, which had severe infections in the corona area, reduced the number of students attending middle school or lower to one-third in late May and early July, respectively.

When I went to school once or twice a week for each grade level, I replaced the rest with remote classes, raising voices about learning deficits and gaps in education.

[Kim Ji-sun/Seoul Yangcheon-gu: I have to go to school, but I can't take school classes, I can't take school classes, and the gap between them seems to be marked later. Going to high

school 3.] Eight out of 10 teachers thought that the distance gap continued to widen as the distance classes continued, and that was why most students lacked interaction between students and teachers.

Considering the class deficiencies in high schools 1 and 2, the school was left to autonomy to take the high 3rd degree remote classes in September and October at any time.

[Um Min-Yong/Spokesman of the Teachers' Union: It was confirmed that remote classes could not be used as a substitute for school classes. Real-time interactive classes are also not a way to solve problems, so I think the Ministry of Education needs to find an alternative quickly.] The

Ministry of Education will announce plans for the second semester, including mid-long term education innovation plans, as well as ways to close the learning gap next week. .

(Video editing: Seon-Tak Kim, VJ: Soyoung Shin)