The Purpose of Online School Opening Lost... "Let's Go to Hagwon and Attend Remote Classes in the Morning"
Some Academies Create and Operate Online Class Management Teams
Continuously Air Negative Ads About School Remote Classes
"Beyond Private Education Role... Violations of the Academy Act"
[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] Despite the online school openings implemented to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), it has been revealed that some academies are enticing students to attend the academy during regular school hours.
The civic group Education Concern-Free World announced on the 20th that some academies have created and are operating online class management teams for schools while continuously broadcasting negative advertisements about school online classes.
The group pointed out, "Academies invading school education hours go beyond the role of private education supplementing school curriculum learning," and stated, "This is a violation of the Academy Act."
As the closure period of academies has been extended due to COVID-19, some academies are advertising that they will supervise remote classes after the online school opening. If online classes continue for a long time, it is expected that morning attendance classes will spread in the private education industry.
According to the Act on the Establishment, Operation, and Private Tutoring of Academies (Academy Act), operating unregistered tutoring courses is illegal. Supervising remote classes itself is an unregistered tutoring course, not a registered tutoring course by the academy, so it may be subject to administrative sanctions. Also, if additional tuition fees are charged, this too violates the Academy Act.
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Senior Researcher Shin So-young of Education Concern-Free World said, "Even if it is unavoidable in the afternoon, if students go to the academy to attend school classes in the morning, the purpose of online school openings becomes meaningless," and added, "No matter how much it is a private education institution, there is a need to cooperate with the authorities' infection prevention efforts."
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