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Kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high schools will start school this week. Starting from the second semester, classes will be held at the 4th level of distancing, and you can still go to school even if a confirmed person is found at school or a family member undergoes self-quarantine.



Reporter Ahn Sang-woo on the sidewalk.



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is a high school in Songpa-gu, Seoul.



In the fourth stage of social distancing, in addition to the 3rd graders who were vaccinated, 2nd graders came to school.



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Until yesterday, 4,378 schools across the country including kindergartens opened, and 90% of them went to school.



Despite the spread of Corona, the Ministry of Education chose to expand school attendance due to lack of learning and poor social skills.



In step 4 until the 3rd of next month, 2/3 of high school, 1/3 of middle school, and only 1st and 2nd grade of elementary school will go to school, including 3rd graders who are going to school all over.



In Level 3, all high schools, 2/3 of middle schools, and 5 grades of elementary schools can attend.



From the 6th of next month, the number of students attending school will increase further.



Parents are generally welcoming.



[Kim Min-Jung/Parent: In the case of distance



learning,

I think that it is too difficult for children to sit for a long time and it is not helpful at all.] In

particular, some quarantine rules are different in the second semester, so even if there are confirmed cases in the school, other students can come to school.



In addition, even if a family member undergoes self-quarantine, they can go to school if the diagnostic test is negative.



Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education's self-diagnosis app, which allows students to check for symptoms of coronavirus before going to school, stopped working yesterday.



Even on the first day of school in March, the self-diagnosis app did not work properly, but the Ministry of Education promised to prevent recurrence.