Fourth Day of Full Grade Attendance Resumption in Incheon and Bupyeong... Only 16 Locations Nationwide Remain Excluded

Resumption of School Attendance in Areas with Cluster Infections from Coupang Logistics Center
Three Locations Including Seoul and Yangsan, Gyeongnam

On the 8th, when the fourth phase of in-person classes for first-year middle school and fifth- and sixth-grade elementary students began, first-year students were heading to school at a middle school in Seoul. According to the Ministry of Education, 1.35 million first-year middle school and fifth- and sixth-grade elementary students attended school that day, marking 98 days since the original school start date of March 2 this year. Previously, third-year high school students first returned to school on the 20th of last month, followed by a phased return for each grade level. With the completion of this day's attendance, a total of 5.95 million elementary, middle, and high school students nationwide began in-person classes for the first semester of this year. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] On the 11th, all kindergartens, elementary, middle, high, and special schools nationwide resumed in-person classes except for 16 schools.

As of 10 a.m. that day, the Ministry of Education reported a significant decrease in the number of schools not attending in-person classes, as schools in Incheon and Bupyeong, Gyeonggi Province resumed attendance. These areas had suspended in-person classes for a while due to a cluster infection originating from the Coupang logistics center.

On the fourth day of in-person classes for all grades, the schools unable to resume attendance included three schools each in Seoul and Yangsan, Gyeongnam, and two schools each in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, and Yeongcheon, Gyeongbuk.

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