Korean media: Data show that the new crown has led to the decline in Korean students' performance

[Global Times Reporter Zhang Jing] Data show that due to the impact of new crown pneumonia, Korean students' performance has declined.According to a report from the East Asian Daily on the 15th, in the evaluation of academic performance in South Korea last year, the decline in academic performance caused by the new crown pneumonia's epidemic was increased.The "ordinary" performance evaluation of the third and second high school students has decreased for two consecutive years.

The report quoted the "2021 National Academic Achievement Evaluation Results" issued by the Ministry of Education of Korea on the 13th, saying that during the spread of the new crown pneumonia in 2020, senior high school students received the "ordinary" results in all subjects such as Chinese, English, and mathematics.Students have declined in quantity.In particular, the "ordinary" and above ratio of the Chinese subjects decreased from 81.6%in 2018 to 64.3%in 2021, and a decrease of 17.3 percentage points after 3 years, which is the lowest rate since 2017.In addition, the results of the questionnaire survey of campus life with this evaluation show that due to the influence of the new crown epidemic, South Korean students have a lower happiness in 2020 and 2021.

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