Assemblyman Yoon Young-deok: "Ministry of Education's Health Self-Diagnosis App Lacks Effectiveness"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] There are criticisms that the effectiveness of the 'Ministry of Education Health Status Self-Diagnosis App,' developed at a cost of hundreds of millions of won, is declining.

According to the 'Ministry of Education Health Status Self-Diagnosis App Status' data submitted by Member of the National Assembly Yoon Youngdeok (Gwangju Dong-gu Nam-gu Gap·Education Committee) from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry spent a total of 405 million won to develop the self-diagnosis app.

The scheduled time to provide it to students and parents was mid-last month, but as COVID-19 infections began to spread in early September, the system overhaul was brought forward.

On the first day, from around 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on the 7th, system failures occurred due to a surge in users, causing inconvenience to parents and students.

Assemblyman Yoon pointed out, "While measures against system failures are important, the poor quality of the self-diagnosis app's questions is also a problem," adding, "It has been over half a year since the sky routes were cut off, but asking only about overseas travel history for several months reduces its effectiveness."

He continued, "Instead of asking about 'overseas travel' history in the self-diagnosis app, asking about visits to high-risk multi-use facilities such as karaoke rooms and PC bangs would be more effective," and added, "I understand that additional functions such as reservation notifications and additional statistical information will be provided in the future self-diagnosis app."

He also added, "Revisions to the self-diagnosis questions should be made in consultation with the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters."

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