Daejeon City: "COVID-19 Positive Examinees to Take CSAT in Separate Spaces... Self-Quarantined Individuals to Receive Transportation Support"

Officials from related organizations including Daejeon City, Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education, and Daejeon Fire Headquarters are holding an emergency response meeting on the 26th to support students taking the College Scholastic Ability Test. Photo by Daejeon City

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Daejeon city government is stepping up support for students taking the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT). The main goal is to prevent situations where students are unable to take the exam due to COVID-19.

According to the city on the 27th, an emergency meeting was held the previous day with the Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education, Daejeon Veterans Hospital, and Daejeon Fire Headquarters to review the response measures for the CSAT scheduled for the 3rd of next month.

At the meeting, the city and related organizations agreed to allow students who tested positive for COVID-19 and those classified as close contacts of confirmed cases to take the CSAT in separate locations.

Accordingly, the city will set up exam sites at Daejeon Veterans Hospital and Shintanjin High School, where confirmed students will take the exam at the hospital and close contact students will take it at Shintanjin High School.

Additionally, starting one week before the CSAT, all high schools in the region and schools designated as exam sites will be allowed to conduct remote classes to minimize the risk of infection as much as possible.

On the day of the CSAT, the city will also support the transportation of students under self-quarantine to their exam sites. To this end, a separate transportation support team will be formed and operated. Students currently under self-quarantine can request transportation support through the city's Disaster Management Division.

Earlier, since the 17th, the city and the Metropolitan Office of Education have been operating an intensive disinfection period in preparation for the CSAT, strengthening disinfection inspections at study cafes, reading rooms, academies, private tutoring centers, and PC rooms frequently used by many students.

Meanwhile, a total of 15,004 students are expected to take the CSAT in Daejeon on the exam day.

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