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SAT quarantine field attended by the president, cost 30 million won for a 50-minute event

President Moon Jae-in visited Osan High School in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the afternoon of the 29th of last month, four days before the 2021 college entrance exam, and checked the quarantine preparation situation, such as sitting in the seat of the test taker and looking at the distance between the exam room partitions. Are doing. yunhap news

– It was revealed that the Ministry of Education invested 30 million won in an event to check the quarantine status of the test center ahead of the 2021 college entrance exam (SAT). Criticism of using excessive expenses for the promotion of’K-Defense’, the Ministry of Education said, “It was an unavoidable expenditure due to the nature of the video conference.”

According to the contract information for the ‘2021 SAT quarantine on-site inspection event service’ that was released on the National Comprehensive Electronic Procurement System on the 25th, the Ministry of Education signed a service contract worth 30 million won with an event agency on the 27th of last month. This is for the on-site inspection of the SAT quarantine in Osango, Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 29th of last month. The event was attended by President Moon Jae-in, Vice Prime Minister Yoo Eun-hye and Minister of Education, and Seoul City Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon.

Four days before the SAT, the on-site inspection was conducted for a total of 50 minutes. Participants listened to the quarantine measures plan of the separate testing center for self-quarantine for 20 minutes. For the next 30 minutes, a real-time video conference was held with the principal of a high school in Busan designated as a general examination site, the scholar of the Jeollanam-do Office of Education in charge of the SAT quarantine, and the parents of the test takers.

President Moon Jae-in visits Osan High School in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, which was prepared as a separate test site for self-quarantine candidates on the afternoon of the 29th of last month, four days before the 2021 college entrance exam, and makes a speech after checking the preparation status of the test site through video connection.  yunhap news

President Moon Jae-in visits Osan High School in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, which was prepared as a separate test site for self-quarantine candidates on the afternoon of the 29th of last month, four days before the 2021 college entrance exam, and makes a speech after checking the preparation status of the test site through video connection. yunhap news

– President Moon Jae-in said at a conference that day, “foreign media are also watching with extraordinary interest about Korea’s carrying out a large-scale group test, including confirmed patients and quarantine subjects,” he said. “Please be more nervous and thoroughly prepare until the last moment. “I asked.

Some pointed out that the event cost was excessive. Previously, when the Ministry of Education held a real-time video conference on the situation of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), there was no expense such as signing a service contract or lending video equipment. Some netizens responded, “Isn’t it wasting tax to promote K-quarantine rather than to check the quarantine status of the SAT test site?”

President Moon Jae-in visited Osan High School in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the afternoon of the 29th of last month, four days before the 2021 University Academic Competency Test, and sits in person at the candidate's seat while listening to the explanations of Yu Eun-hye, Minister of Social Affairs and Ministry of Education. Are being checked.  yunhap news

President Moon Jae-in visited Osan High School in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the afternoon of the 29th of last month, four days before the 2021 University Academic Competency Test, and sits in person at the candidate’s seat while listening to the explanations of Yu Eun-hye, Minister of Social Affairs and Ministry of Education. Are being checked. yunhap news

– In response, the Ministry of Education explained that the on-site inspection was necessary as the spread of Corona 19 was accelerating ahead of the SAT.

An official from the Ministry of Education explained, “There is a great deal of concern about whether the SAT can be properly taken, so the government and the education authorities needed to check the overall preparation situation.” In addition, he added, “We also held video conferences to comprehensively check various types of test sites, such as general test centers in non-capital regions,” and added, “Because there is no video recording equipment in the school, we have no choice but to invest money for related equipment rental.”

Reporter Kim Kyung-mi [email protected]



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