{"id":45210,"date":"2020-06-05T16:22:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T07:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=45210"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:49:57","slug":"n-korean-students-return-to-school-amid-stringent-disease-control-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korean-students-return-to-school-amid-stringent-disease-control-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean students return to school amid stringent disease control measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean students returned to school on June 3 amid stringent measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to a Daily NK source in the country on June 4.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStaff from quarantine stations, parents and upper-year students used disinfectant and antiseptics provided by the state to carry out disease preventive measures,\u201d the source said. \u201cPrior to the start of semester, [students] were instructed to wear masks, use hand sanitizer when entering corridors, classrooms, research labs, nature rooms, laboratories or common rooms, and avoid bunching together unnecessarily on the playground during recess, except to use bathrooms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While parents are still anxious about their kids because the COVID-19 pandemic has not yet subsided, the source reported that there were no cases in which North Korean parents refused to let their children return to school. The source said that thorough preventive measures had eased the concerns of parents to some degree. Daily NK <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korea-delays-the-start-of-school-from-june-1-to-june-3\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> earlier this week that the country had sterilized the entire country\u2019s educational facilities over three days from May 31 to June 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source also reported that if a student exhibits symptoms such as a fever or cough, an official from the school will visit the house of the student along with staff from a local clinic to assess the situation and decide whether the student can attend school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnyone deemed to be a risk must self-isolate for a month. I\u2019ve heard that students will be allowed to take a leave of absence in these cases, but a final decision on what to do with such students has not been announced,\u201d the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amid the global spread of COVID-19, North Korea has already extended school vacation on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-schools-reopen-first-june\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">four occasions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At the directive of the education ministry, students at universities in Pyongyang and outside of the city, along with graduating third-year students at high schools, were the first to return to school on Apr. 17. All other students, including preschoolers, remained on vacation until further notice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the start of the semester means classes have begun at North Korean schools, the extended vacation has left schools with a backlog of coursework that must be crammed into a short period of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to this, North Korean authorities have extended school hours and ordered schools to conduct make-up classes by shortening the summer vacation period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe school day normally included six hours of classes in middle and high schools, but this semester it has changed to eight,\u201d the source told Daily NK. \u201cThe number of class hours has also increased at elementary schools, with an additional two hours in the afternoon on top of the usual four hours in the morning. Schools originally conducted both classes and political events on Saturday mornings, but this semester there will be more classes in the morning with political events pushed into the afternoon hours.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source additionally told Daily NK that North Korean authorities have issued orders to minimize student mobilization in rural community support projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe education ministry handed down an order instructing schools to stop any students from being sent to other cities, counties or villages to perform farm work or on any other \u2018unnecessary\u2019 projects,\u201d the source added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%E5%8C%97-%ED%95%99%EA%B5%90%EB%93%A4-%EB%A7%88%EC%B9%A8%EB%82%B4-%EA%B0%9C%ED%95%99-%EC%9D%98%EC%8B%AC%EC%A6%9D%EC%83%81-%ED%95%99%EC%83%9D%EC%9D%80-%ED%95%9C-%EB%8B%AC%EA%B0%84-%EC%9E%90\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean students returned to school on June 3 amid stringent measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to a Daily NK source in the country on June 4.\u00a0 \u201cStaff from quarantine stations, parents and upper-year students used disinfectant and antiseptics provided by the state to carry out disease preventive measures,\u201d the source said. 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