[KNN News] School trips banned, schools in chaos

{Anchor: The Ministry of Education has decided to completely suspend the first semester school trips in the aftermath of the Sewol ferry disaster. As the decision to suddenly suspend school trips has been made, schools are in chaos. This is reporter Chu Jong-tak. {Report} In the end, school trips for the first semester have been completely suspended nationwide. Safety measures for outdoor activities have also been greatly strengthened. Schools are perplexed by the sudden decision by the Ministry of Education to completely suspend school trips. It has been reported that the Ministry of Education will pay the cancellation fees for school trips, but it is still unclear how and in what manner they will do so. {Official from 00 Elementary School: "The cancellation fees for restaurants and such will be a problem... They say the official document was just sent out, but we haven't received the official document yet to postpone the trip. We are thinking about canceling the trip after seeing the official document." Fortunately, perhaps because of the social atmosphere, the atmosphere of not receiving cancellation fees is spreading, especially in related industries. {00 Middle School official "We haven't received a definite answer from the travel agency about how to deal with the cancellation fee because of the social atmosphere..."} The school lunch program was also put on emergency alert due to the sudden decision to cancel the school trip. This is because we couldn't secure enough ingredients for the school trip. We are having them pack lunches or rushing to secure ingredients. {00 Elementary School official "We bid on the lunch program a month in advance. If we come to school on a day when we haven't secured ingredients, we will have to pack lunches because we will be short on ingredients..."} "In order to reduce the confusion caused by the cancellation of the school trip, not only the educational authorities but also the related industries need to actively cooperate. This is KNN's Chu Jong-tak.