Presidential office asked medical students to return to school

Several medical schools in South Korea have resumed classes amid medical school students' collective leaves of absences.

As of Monday, 14 medical schools across the nation resumed classes and 17 other medical schools will start on April 15th. At most medical schools, students are given an F and eventually flunked when they miss a third or a quarter of classes.

According to an enforcement ordinance on higher education, schools have to hold classes for 30 weeks a year. This means one semester consists of 15 weeks. Therefore, medical schools have to start classes within this month to meet the required number of days.

Therefore, some medical schools have decided to acknowledge students downloading class materials online as attendance. The presidential office asked medical students to return to school as future doctors who will take care of life and health of the people.