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A teacher waves to her students at an elementary school in downtown Seoul Thursday. Earlier in the day, the Education Ministry announced that first and second graders will be able to go to school daily starting next semester if social distancing measures are Level 2 or lower. [NEWS1]

Younger students can expect more time at school this year: Education Ministry

More young students are expected to attend in-person classes in the new semester according to plans announced by the Ministry of Education Thursday to ease some social distancing regulations in schools.

2021.1.28

First graders at Wonil Elementary School in Suwon, Gyeonggi, return to their classroom Monday for the first time in nearly a month. Wonil was among some 7,000 schools in the greater Seoul area that were allowed to reopen Monday. [YONHAP]

Kids, parents relieved as schools reopen

Schools in the greater Seoul area reopened Monday for the first time in nearly a month, as the daily toll of coronavirus cases sunk to 70.

2020.9.21

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A teacher at Bongeun Middle School in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, conducts an interactive online class with her students on Aug. 26 after schools in the capital area reverted to remote learning because of a spike in coronavirus cases. However, parents are complaining that their children spend most of their time watching prerecorded lessons instead, while some students have yet to have face time with their teachers in the new fall semester. [NEWS1]

Parents' anger mounts over lack of interactive online learning in public schools

Parents are balking at the poor quality of online classes for their kids as remote learning extends into a second semester amid a spike in domestic coronavirus cases.

2020.9.10

Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae holds a videoconference from the government complex in Sejong on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

Credit limits for online classes are now up to the universities

The Ministry of Education on Wednesday abolished regulations restricting credits that can be earned through online classes in universities as remote learning becomes the norm amid the coronavirus pandemic.

2020.9.9

Another semester taught by YouTube? (KOR)

“This is not remote learning. Are you going to neglect children down the road?” read a petition posted to the Blue House’s website. Claiming that she was a working mom with a third-grade child, the petitioner said, “Public...

2020.9.7

Another semester taught by YouTube?

2020.9.7

A teacher at a kindergarten in Suwon, Gyeonggi, Tuesday, prerecords an online class to show her students this week. The Education Ministry ordered all students from kindergarten through 11th grade in the greater Seoul area to remain home and engage in online learning from Wednesday to Sept. 11. [NEWS1]

Schoolkids sent home in greater Seoul except seniors

All students in the greater Seoul area from kindergarten to 11th grade will go back to remote learning for the next two weeks as the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the country’s most populous region.

2020.8.25

Kim Yu-na, an English teacher at Bakmun Girls’ High School in Songdo, Incheon, hands out learning materials during a class on June 25. [PARK SANG-MOON]

[Post-Covid-19 New Normal] Back-to-school blues take on a whole new meaning

An exclusive look inside a high school in Incheon shows how Korean classrooms are struggling to adjust to the "new normal" after reopenings, as teachers and students alike go to great lengths to safely stay in school during the coronavirus pandemic.

2020.7.5

Ministry cutting red tape for online college courses

Korean universities will be freed from a web of online learning regulations as they adapt to the post-Covid-19 age, local education authorities said. The changes include eliminating a cap on the share of courses that universities can hold online.

2020.7.5

Children at Daejeon Gayang Elementary School leave school Wednesday, a day before it was set to shut down after four coronavirus infections were detected among students in two schools nearby. [NEWS1]

First spread of virus in a school is suspected

Korean health authorities Wednesday said they detected what appears to be coronavirus transmission among students in a school, nearly a month after classrooms reopened.

2020.7.1