Yoshihide Suga

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A child plays on a Playground of a Public Housing estate, winning, Hong Kong , while wearing a mask closed as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus

cost grow for parents in Japan and Hong Kong with the schools until April, because of the coronavirus.

schools are to stay in front of the pressure to the refund of any fees that are forced as children to go home.

On Thursday, Japan and Hong Kong stepped in closes schools, increased efforts to contain the spread of The Virus .

in Japan, schools are closed until 8. April, while in Hong Kong they will remain closed at least until the 20th of April.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made The Call to shut down the schools to a meeting of the country-antivirus-Task Force on Thursday. He said the next Two Weeks are crucial for the control of the spread of The Virus and "stem cells-the danger that many children and teachers, infected by the collect for long hours Every Day . "

parents on Social Media , the decision was criticized as to keep workers at home. But the government said it would work with the company.

"We will continue to push to make public services and private companies to make it easier for people to take the time," Japan's chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference on Friday.

offices and shops in Hong Kong and Japan have asked many employees to work from home. But the parents have found to work from home, and balancing online classes for their children difficult.

Singapore and South Korea have been held, to open the schools, to be tested with extensive screening, review of the temperatures, and the parents of the children at home.

A Hong Kong -based expatriate mother of two girls, ages 3 and 7, said the BBC, they decided to have a holiday in her homeland of Japan and try home schooling due to The School closures in Hong Kong . But her husband refused a request to work from home in Japan, and remained in Hong Kong .

"So the children apart from their father for 1. 5 months now," She Said .

But with Japan schools, which is now closed, it is likely you will travel back to Hong Kong .

"What a surprise, the decision by the Japanese government," She Said . "We have decided to go back to HK next week. Since it is not a school, it's not really useful in Japan, while a part of my husband. "But the return to Hong Kong has raised concerns of a possible quarantine of 14 days.

The financial hit was hard, as The International school lives of her 7-year-old in Hong Kong , the amount of fees no refund of tuition, during the pre-visited the Kindergarten, through their 3-year-old also has the reimbursement of costs is denied. However, a bus service 25% of their fees reimbursed for the transport.

"We have a lot of activities outside of The School had to pay for it. Most of them gave credit for, or offered, Make Up classes, But it is not consume to be realistic, is all of the missed class make-ups, since the amount of missed lessons. It is very frustrating. "

tuition and fees for The American School of Hong Kong start at HK$168,000 (£16,700) for the classes 1 to 4, and increases steadily through The Grades . The Hong Kong International School begins in the primary school age at HK$220,600 and rises to HK$252,200 for the grade 12.

The British Kellett school starts at HK$172,600 in elementary school and leads to HK$220,800 for the senior school.

The Hong Kong government on Wednesday in his budget, all the inhabitants said a one-time HK will receive$10,000 payment to cushion The Hit to the economy from The Virus containment measures.

Hong Kong private and public, according to Ruth Benny, who runs education consultancy topschools (HK).

Mrs Benny has taken her older daughter from school in Hong Kong to London to prepare for the University entrance examinations, which is scheduled only at certain times of the year.

"It was not something we did lightly, But The School year has been massively disrupted," Mrs Benny said.

Source of news: bbc.com