SEOUL - Tens of thousands of teenagers logged on for remote learning on Thursday (April 9) as the much-delayed new academic year in South Korea began in phases, while the number of new coronavirus cases dropped to the lowest in seven weeks.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - Tens of thousands of teenagers logged on for remote learning on Thursday as the much-delayed new academic year in South Korea began in phases, while the number of new coronavirus cases dropped to the lowest in seven weeks.
Thirty-nine new cases were reported on Thursday - the lowest in the seven weeks since a community outbreak exploded in the south-eastern city of Daegu. Vice-Health Minister Kim Gang-lip warned against complacency, even as he thanked medical workers for their sacrifice and cooperation in helping to slow down the outbreak.
Online learning, which will expand over the next two weeks to include all elementary, middle and high schools, got off to a relatively smooth start, according to local reports. Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae has urged students, parents and educators to work together to make online learning work, stressing the importance of preventing schools from becoming potential breeding grounds for the virus.Schools are allowed to choose from three modes of online learning - interactive, real-time learning via video conferencing, content-based learning based on videos produced by the school, and assignment-based learning whereby students are given projects or reports to do.
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