Deputy Prime Minister Yoo Eun-hye and the Minister of Education said today (7th) "(School Year 2021) College Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) schedule will not be delayed anymore."

Deputy Prime Minister Yoo appeared on SBS Radio today and replied to the question as to whether the SAT schedule scheduled for December 3 of this year can be changed again.

After the first semester classes were delayed due to the spread of Corona 19, the Ministry of Education deferred the college entrance exam schedule for the 2021 school year, scheduled for November 19, two weeks later.

Some have observed that there is a possibility that SAT may be delayed in the second semester by the Corona 19 pandemic (a global pandemic), but Mr. Yu dismissed this prospect.

Regarding the concerns that high school 3 may be disadvantaged in college entrance exams this year, Deputy Prime Minister Yu said, “As a result of analyzing the June simulation, there was no significant difference in grades between re-trained students and high school 3 compared to the previous year.” We will look at the results of the mock evaluation in September once more, and the evaluator will determine the difficulty of the SAT."

"We can't predict how many students will try to take the college entrance exam while taking the exam," he said. Authorities are also considering that high school 3 has gone through a semester in a difficult situation."

In the second semester, the number of students attending school increased as the number of attendees was reduced to two-thirds in the metropolitan area.

Deputy Prime Minister Yoo said, "There is only one person suspected to have been infected in school after the first semester class, and it is said that the quarantine authorities are miraculous." Thing."

"The authorities continue to ask that all schools attend carefully at the same time until the end of Corona 19," he added.

The amendment to the school law, which contains legal grounds for educational authorities to request a school that does not comply with the quarantine regulations, or to discontinue classes, said it aims to pass the regular National Assembly scheduled for September.

"We have the largest number of family infections in the first semester, and the second is hagwon infection," said Yu. "We plan to prepare amendments to the academy law and deal with it quickly within the regular National Assembly."

Regarding the problem of widening the educational gap according to distance learning, he said, "It is the most worrying part."

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