Indefinite Postponement of Parent-Teacher Meetings... Emergency Care Provided at All Special Schools

Seoul Office of Education Delays School Operation Committee Elections by 2-3 Weeks

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] All schools in the Seoul area will postpone all parent meetings, including the election of parent committee members for the school operation committee, by 2 to 3 weeks. During the period of delayed school opening, emergency care will be provided to all students with disabilities attending special schools.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on the 6th, the number of elementary school students using emergency care was counted as 5,255 as of 2 p.m. the previous day. This is only 38.5% of the 13,667 students who initially applied for emergency care, and 113 fewer than the 5,368 students who participated in emergency care on the 4th.

The closure rate of academies located in Seoul was 34.2% as of 2 p.m. the previous day, with only 8,626 out of a total of 25,234 academies closed.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education postponed the 2020 school operation committee election deadline by two weeks: to the 11th of next month for parent and teacher committee members, and to the 20th of next month for local committee members. Parent meetings at each school were also postponed indefinitely.

Additionally, except for Gangdong Library and Nowon Lifelong Learning Center, 20 affiliated libraries and lifelong learning centers will start a "weekly reservation lending service," where books can be requested through the website and then picked up at each facility's information desk.

During the delayed school opening period, emergency care will be provided to students with disabilities attending special schools without restrictions on age or grade. This includes students at kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school levels, as well as 'jeongonggwa students' who have completed the high school level.

On the previous day (the 5th), 168 students with disabilities used emergency care at 27 national, public, and private special schools in Seoul, which is only 25% of the initially applied students (672).

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education stated, "Five special schools where students used hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 cases or where students and staff had contact with confirmed or suspected cases in the same building are currently not operating emergency care," adding, "Once the self-quarantine of students and staff who had contact with confirmed cases ends, emergency care will resume after disinfection."

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