Tomorrow the second semester starts… Even in the 4th stage of the metropolitan area, high school 3rd and elementary school students go back to school

Most of the middle and high schools nationwide will open from tomorrow (17th). In the metropolitan area, social distancing is maintained at level 4, but classes are expected to expand in the second semester.

This is because the Ministry of Education has decided to expand back-to-school classes instead of all remote classes in the second semester to the fourth stage.

Until September 3, in the 4th stage of distancing, middle school students will go to school alternately, maintaining 1/3 and 1st and 2nd high school students 1/2.

High school students inoculated with COVID-19 are not subject to school density measures. If you have been vaccinated, you can go to school every day only in high school.

In non-metropolitan middle schools that maintain level 3, two-thirds can attend. High school 1 and 2 can attend half or full school attendance, and high school 3 is also subject to the exception of school density measures, so virtually all grades of high school can attend at the 3rd stage.

Most elementary schools will reopen from the 23rd, a week later.

The rate at which you can go to school varies slightly depending on the level of distancing.

In the 4th level area, 1st and 2nd graders are excluded from the density measure, so they go to school every day, and 3rd and 6th graders receive remote classes.

Even in non-metropolitan areas where Level 3 is being applied, 1st and 2nd graders go to school entirely, and 3rd to 6th graders go to school three-quarters.

From September 6th, the Ministry of Education is planning to allow all elementary, middle and high schools to return to school in steps 1 to 3 of the distancing, and up to two-thirds of elementary and middle schools in step 4, and full school to high schools.

However, there are concerns that the spread may not subside until early September.

The Ministry of Education has decided not to admit elective schools that allow students to choose between attending school and distance learning. However, we plan to increase the number of attendance days recognized as home study during off-campus experiential learning.

The average number of days of home study in the first semester was 40 days, which is likely to increase to about 57 days in the second semester.