교육부 "감염 확산 지역 학교 등교인원 3분의 2 넘지 않게 권고"<br /><br />We begin with stronger measures from the education ministry to ensure safety in schools,... with more students set to go back to the classroom in the coming week.<br />South Korea's education minister said Sunday... that the government will strongly recommend schools in regions with a high risk of infection to disperse their students and reduce classroom density.<br />Here's the minister this afternoon.<br />"The government will strongly advise schools in regions with a high risk of COVID-19 infection... to keep the number of students below two-thirds of the total."<br />As for other measures, she said her ministry will check in with local offices of education to make sure they're prepared to hold classes on a flexible schedule.<br />Even when more kids are back in school, she said, the government will continue to offer childcare services for working parents.<br />The students returning to class this Wednesday will be second-year high schoolers, third-year middle schoolers, kids in the first and second years of elementary school... and kindergarteners.<br />That's about 2-point-4 million students,... which is around six times the number of high school seniors who went back to school last Wednesday.<br />Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun also stressed on Sunday that the country needs to set a global example in handling its' schools reopening.<br />
