Kyochon "61% of Teachers Support With Corona... Implementation Should Be After College Entrance Exam at the Earliest"

Survey Results: 61% Positive on With-Corona Implementation
63% Responded It Should Be Implemented After College Entrance Exam
34.9% After Exam, 28.1% Postpone Until COVID Stabilizes

On the first day of the revised Road Traffic Act, which includes no-parking zones in child protection areas and mandates special traffic safety education for drivers who cause traffic accidents in these zones, students are attending school at an elementary school in Seoul on the 21st. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] As the government pushes forward with the implementation of "gradual daily recovery" (With Corona), a survey found that 6 out of 10 teachers hold positive opinions. However, the majority favored the timing of implementation to be "after the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT)."

On the 21st, the Korea Federation of Teachers' Associations (KFTA) conducted a "School With Corona Teacher Perception Survey" from the 14th to the 16th among 3,567 elementary, middle, and high school teachers nationwide. The results showed that 61.1% responded positively. Among them, 32.4% were "somewhat positive," and 28.7% were "very positive." Negative responses accounted for 25.6%.

Regarding the timing of With Corona implementation in schools, "after the CSAT (November 18)" (34.9%) was the most common answer. The next was "postponement until COVID-19 infections stabilize significantly" (28.1%). This indicates that even if implementation begins in November, it is preferable to start at least after the CSAT.

The KFTA stated, "63.0% of teachers believe it is preferable to implement at least after the CSAT," adding, "Implementing With Corona before the CSAT could cause irreversible confusion and damage in high schools related to exam preparation, support, CSAT participation, and management. Therefore, the concerns of the field must be fully reflected to meticulously establish the timing, methods, and school support measures for implementation."

Survey results by school level regarding With Corona showed positive response rates in the order of high school (63.6%), middle school (60.0%), and elementary school (58.9%). Regionally, non-metropolitan areas (64.3%) had higher positive responses than metropolitan areas (56.5%).

Teachers cited the main reasons for viewing With Corona positively as "already operating close to With Corona with full attendance, etc." (62.2%) and "urgent need to recover academic achievement and social development" (24.0%).

There were also regional differences in teachers' responses. Non-metropolitan teachers had a higher response rate of "already full attendance" (71.4%), whereas metropolitan teachers were at 47.8%. Metropolitan teachers cited "urgent need to recover academic achievement and social development" (36.0%) more frequently than non-metropolitan teachers (16.3%).

Teachers who viewed With Corona implementation negatively pointed to "continuous spread of infection" (43.5%) and "serious infection concerns due to the nature of educational activities such as face-to-face classes and physical activities" (31.9%).

Ha Yun-su, president of the KFTA, said, "The fundamental purpose of transitioning to With Corona is the urgent need to no longer neglect students' learning and daily life deficits," urging, "A system must be promptly established where quarantine is fully managed and supported by education and disease authorities so that teachers can focus on student education and guidance."

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education is reviewing the expansion of additional attendance in the metropolitan area in line with the phased daily recovery quarantine system scheduled for November. They plan to review the content, level, and timing of educational recovery such as additional attendance expansion and normalization of educational activities, and gather opinions from quarantine authorities, metropolitan and provincial education offices, teachers, and parents.

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