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As a week has passed since the start of the new semester, the number of confirmed cases of teachers and cooks is also increasing.

School work is being disrupted, but finding replacements is not easy.



Reporter Park Jae-hyeon covered the story.



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A high school in Seoul.



There are less than 50 teachers in total, but six were confirmed before and after the school started.



The school said that classes could not be stopped, and the confirmed teachers had to do remote classes at home.



[High School Teacher: Even though I had a very high fever and no voice at all, take the class online, because there is no substitute teacher.]



The situation at other schools is similar.



[Middle school principal: When the teachers say they don't have any symptoms now, but the diagnosis is confirmed, and then you will do it yourself, (I made remote classes.)]



There was also an emergency for student meals.



In some cases, cooks stopped serving meals and provided bread and milk or switched to convenience food such as fried rice as the number of confirmed cases was confirmed.



It is not easy to find quarantine personnel to help with temperature checks or disinfection.



The Ministry of Education said that it had hired 61,000 school quarantine personnel and filled up to 87.3% of the required number of people, but in some cases, parents take turns.



The Ministry of Education said it had prepared a 75,000 manpower pool to replace confirmed teachers.



Retired teachers or those waiting for appointment.



However, finding real substitute teachers is not easy.



There are not many people who will work only during the 7-day quarantine period, and teachers' organizations are opposed to hiring instructors without a teaching license.



[Middle School Principal: If it is confirmed suddenly, it is practically impossible to fill the manpower immediately.

No matter how thick the manpower pool is, there are limits…

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Considering this situation, the Seoul Office of Education sent an official letter to each school and allowed remote classes to be conducted if the confirmed teacher consented.