오늘 수능 D-100... 교육부 “수도권 전면 원격수업으로 전환"<br /><br />As the nation battles a surge in Covid-19 cases centered in the densely populated metropolitan area, schools in the region have been ordered to close from tomorrow.<br />All students except for high school seniors, whose 'high-stakes' college entrance exam is only one-hundred days away, will return to online learning until September 11th.<br />Choi Won-jong is on the story.<br />South Korea's education ministry is ordering all schools in the Seoul metropolitan area to return to remote learning.<br />With the nation seeing a spike in the number of new COVID-19 cases, education minister Yoo Eun-hae announced on Tuesday that all students in the capital region are to stay at home and study online, starting Wednesday.<br />"All schools including kindergartens, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and schools for the disabled in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do Province, and Incheon will return to remote learning from August 26th to September 11th."<br />For a duration of 17 days, students from all grades will go back to remote learning.<br />But, schools with less than 60 students can decide whether to close or not based on the COVID-19 situation in their local area.<br />Over the past two weeks, one-hundred-50 students as well as 43 teachers and faculty members have tested positive in the greater Seoul area.<br />In other regions, there have been three-hundred-81 COVID-19 cases reported from schools since May 20th, and as of Tuesday, 21-hundred schools have closed.<br />However, this emergency policy does not apply to high school seniors due to the upcoming national university entrance exam in December.<br />As the exam is just one-hundred days away, there is a lot of confusion and worry among students, parents and teachers.<br />"I've been going back and forth over whether or not to send my children to a private institute over fears that they could fall behind when not at school."<br />Due to closure of many private institutes, students are struggling to focus on their studies.<br />The Education Ministry said they are preparing for the college entrance exam in the worst case scenario, but admit it would be difficult for students to take non-contact exams.<br />For now at least, the ministry says the test will still go ahead on December 3rd.<br />Choi Won-jong, Arirang News.<br />
