SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Monday announced plans to reopen schools starting next week, more than two months after schools were closed in a precautionary measure against the new coronavirus that has infected more than 10,000 here. “Starting on May 20, which is two weeks after key holidays in May, we [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — All elementary, middle and high school students in South Korea have been attending remote classes since Tuesday. In a similar situation, countries around the world are also adopting remote education-based measures amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation and the Korean Educational Development Institute [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — More elementary school students in South Korea started the spring semester with online classes Monday amid lingering concerns about cluster infections of the new coronavirus. The move marks the full opening of the new school year with remote learning for about 5.4 million elementary, middle and high school students [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — An additional 3.12 million elementary and secondary students began the spring semester Thursday by participating in online classes amid the nationwide battle against the coronavirus, but the unprecedented tele-education was marred by network access problems at many places. Under the government’s three-step plan, first and second graders at middle [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Gu Ja-ho began his first day of school as a middle school senior on Thursday — at home. He sat in front of a desktop at his home in the central Seoul neighborhood of Jongno at 8:20 a.m. as his classmates joined him online for an introductory class on remote [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Two consecutive delays of the new school year following the coronavirus outbreak has prevented more than 200 cases of infection, a new study found. The government made a series of delays for the new school year, first from March 2 to March 9, then to March 23. The school [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Are South Korean schools and students ready for online classes? The question is drawing rising public attention as elementary and secondary schools nationwide were asked by the government on Tuesday to begin the spring semester with online classes, in steps starting April 9, to prevent classroom infections of the [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it will begin the new school year on April 9 with online classes for middle and high school senior students following repeated delays due to the novel coronavirus. The unprecedented move to introduce online classes at elementary, middle and high schools nationwide will be carried [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education said Wednesday it is considering introducing online classes nationwide, if the ongoing spread of the coronavirus outbreak shows little sign of letting up or students and faculty members get infected. However, the education community is voicing concern that local school sites do not appropriate systems [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it will be postponing the new school year for another two week as it fights COVID-19 group infections that have occurred at churches, hospitals and even Zumba classes. Under the measure, the new school year at kindergartens and elementary, middle and high schools nationwide will [...]