4 Million Elementary, Middle, and High School Students Online Schooling Day 2... "e-Hakseupteo and EBS Still Experiencing Issues"

Overall Connection Errors Decreased
Temporary Delays in Access to Private Platforms

Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Promotes Integrated Login
Attendance Rate on First Day of School Lowest Among 4th Grade Elementary Students

On the 16th, when upper-grade elementary and middle and high school 1st and 2nd graders had their second phase of online school opening, a teacher at Yongsan Elementary School in Seoul is conducting an interactive online class. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] As the online school opening for elementary, middle, and high school students nationwide enters its second day, various system errors that occurred the previous day have shown some improvement. Third-year middle and high school students have been conducting online classes since the 9th, and on the 16th, about 4 million students from elementary grades 4 to 6 and middle and high school grades 1 to 2 began the second phase of school opening.

From 9 a.m. on the 17th, the EBS Online Class and e-Hakseupter operated by the education authorities have allowed logins without serious delays compared to the previous day. However, at 10 a.m., EBS Online Class experienced issues where logging in to the EBS website using social networking service (SNS) IDs such as Naver, Facebook, or KakaoTalk was not possible, and recovery work is underway.

Since classes are conducted online, students can attend the lessons at their preferred times, and it appears that many students are trying to log in in the afternoon instead of the difficult-to-access morning hours. An elementary school teacher said, "Yesterday at this time, there were many inquiries about login failures, but today it is still quiet," adding, "We announced that students do not have to log in exactly at 9 a.m. to attend classes, which seems to have had a dispersing effect."

e-Hakseupter, Progress Rate Not Displayed Properly
Will Login Issues Be Resolved by Integrating IDs?
Remote Class Participation Rate at 98.7%

Although overall connection errors have decreased, detailed issues remain unresolved. The privately operated remote class platform 'HiClass' has not restored its server, and 'Classting' also experienced temporary login delays. The remote class community 'WeDoRang,' operated by the Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS), is running smoothly this morning compared to the previous day. A middle school teacher said, "I heard that some students' progress rates show zero even after attending classes three times, so I plan to inquire with e-Hakseupter."

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education plans to promote an integrated login method for online education platforms as login delays and other issues continue to be raised. The idea is to manage login information with a single ID and password across all sites. The office has proposed forming a consultative body with the Ministry of Education, public institution officials, and city and provincial education office staff to build the integrated login system.

Meanwhile, on the second day of online school opening, the remote class participation rate was 98.7%. Fourth-grade elementary students had the lowest participation rate at 97.8%, while middle school students and above recorded attendance rates in the 99% range.

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