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The government initiated a review of school attendance this year, focusing on the lower grades of elementary school.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun emphasized that schools are not a major factor in the spread of infection, and that it is necessary to alleviate the learning gap and burden of parental care for the vulnerable.
This is reporter Lee Jung-mi.
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Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun ordered a review of school attendance for the upcoming new semester.
It is said that the side effects that occur as remote classes are prolonged due to the prolonged corona 19 incident are too great.
[정세균 / 국무총리 : 원격수업이 길어지면서 취약계층 아이들의 학습격차를 우려하는 목소리가 있고, 학부모님들의 돌봄 부담도 가중되고 있습니다.]
The premise that the prevalence of the local community is not serious and that the quarantine rules are followed, it is considered that schools are unlikely to be the main factor in the spread of infection.
Children and adolescents have low rates of COVID-19 infection, as well as evidence from WHO reports that infection is often mild or asymptomatic.
[권준욱 / 중앙방역대책본부 제2부본부장 : (소아·청소년이) 전 세계 인구의 약 30%를 차지하고 있는데, 코로나19 발생에 있어서는 8% 정도밖에는 차지하지 않는다, 따라서 상대적으로 전파 규모나 또 감염력 이런 것들이 특별히 10세 이하 어린이에서는 떨어진다는….]
First of all, it is highly likely that kindergarten students and lower grades of elementary school will be the first to attend school.
[이낙연 / 더불어민주당 대표(어제) : 유치원과 초등학교 저학년에 대한 책임 등교 실시를 검토할 만합니다. 돌봄과 학습 공백은 값비싼 사회경제적 비용을 초래합니다.]
The Ministry of Education is reviewing measures to control the density by reducing the number of days attending school in the lower grades of elementary school, instead of increasing the number of days attending school in the lower grades.
As the new semester is about a month ahead, concrete plans are expected within this month.
However, in case remote classes are inevitable, we plan to strengthen communication infrastructure.
YTN Jeongmi Lee[[email protected]]is.
[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]
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