Gyeongnam Office of Education Delays New Semester Start for All Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle, and High Schools

Follow-up Measures to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] The Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education announced on the 24th that it will expand and operate the COVID-19 Task Force Comprehensive Situation Room to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Accordingly, the Office of Education has taken the following measures: ▲ Postponing the start of the semester for kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools, special schools, and various other schools to March 9 ▲ Providing guidance on online learning education sites and content for students to study at home ▲ Operating care services only for those who wish to use them ▲ Requesting restraint from using multi-use facilities such as PC rooms in educational facilities to prevent infection among staff and students ▲ Temporarily suspending the use of public libraries as multi-use facilities ▲ Closing lifelong education centers such as academies and reading rooms in areas where confirmed cases have occurred ▲ Suspending the opening of school facilities and completely halting dormitory operations ▲ Deploying health personnel with nursing qualifications to schools without assigned health teachers as follow-up measures.

Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education, emphasized, “The Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education will mobilize all educational administrative resources to do its best to protect the safety of students and staff in Gyeongnam from COVID-19.”

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