<Anchor> As the
reinforced distancing measures have been extended, the days for students in the metropolitan area to go to school have been delayed for another week.
Not only academies but also vocational training institutions in the metropolitan area have been newly added to the ban on group gatherings.
This is followed by reporter Ahn Sang-woo.
<Reporter> The
school and kindergartens in the metropolitan area have been postponed until the 20th.
This is because the Ministry of Education has delayed the distance learning period at these schools to 20 days due to the reinforced distancing extension.
Senior high school students were excluded from conversion to distance classes.
Restrictions on school attendance and enrollment in non-metropolitan areas will continue until the 20th, which is limited to two-thirds of enrolled students in high schools and one-third in other schools and kindergartens.
[Park Baek-beom/Deputy Minister of Education: As confirmed cases are still occurring, more careful and preventive measures are needed.] As the
educational authorities have conducted distance classes from the beginning of the semester, there will be no major disruption in the academic schedule for the second semester, such as mid-term exams. It is a position that it will.
The ban on group academies in the metropolitan area will also be extended for another week.
Small and medium-sized academies are limited to the 13th, and large academies with more than 300 students can only offer distance classes until the 20th.
However, in consideration of retakers, etc., the mock SAT evaluation in September, which will be held on the 16th, is allowed to take the test at academy while complying with the quarantine rules.
Regarding the SBS report that vocational training institutions that recruit students and offer face-to-face classes like academies are not subject to the distance 2.5 step, the authorities have only allowed non-face-to-face classes at 671 vocational training institutions in the metropolitan area starting next week.