Busan Office of Education Creates Safe Play Spaces for All Children

Busan Metropolitan Office of Education will conduct disinfection and parasite (egg) inspections of outdoor children's playground equipment at public and private kindergartens, elementary schools, and special schools within the district by the end of October this year to create schools where both students and parents feel safe.

This measure aims to ensure the safety of students who have increased exposure to various viruses due to the rise in outdoor educational activities following the relaxation of COVID-19 prevention guidelines and the lifting of the mask-wearing mandate.

Busan Office of Education will disinfect playground equipment and flooring twice this year, in the first and second halves, instead of once annually as done last year, to maintain hygienic educational activity spaces. The disinfection removes impurities from the flooring and playground equipment of outdoor children's playgrounds and eliminates various viruses and bacteria through high-temperature steam disinfection.

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For sand flooring, flipping work will be carried out to enhance the cushioning effect of the sand, thereby improving the safety of playground facilities. Additionally, after disinfection, parasite (egg) inspections will be conducted once a year by an external professional institution.

Park Ji-hoon, Director of Educational Policy at the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, said, “This measure has allowed us to safely maintain educational activity spaces,” adding, “We will continue to actively support all matters related to student safety.”

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