Tag: education
Breaking point: School expenses spark rare public complaints from N. Korean...
Parents of school children in North Korea have begun openly complaining about the endless expenses since the beginning of the new semester, questioning whether...
Pyongyang’s model: N. Korean province rushes to upgrade medical and educational...
South Pyongan province is implementing North Korean ruling party directives to enhance its medical and educational systems following Pyongyang's model, Daily NK has learned.
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Hamhung officials scrutinize school uniform distribution after system overhaul
The education department of Hamhung's people's committee conducted an on-site inspection of uniform and school supply distribution for new students at the start of...
Class divisions: N. Korean parents reject impoverished teachers for their children
As a new semester begins at North Korean schools, parents appear to be judging homeroom teachers not for their teaching skills but for their...
N. Korean students reject state university offers in favor of local...
Thirty students accepted into the Hamhung College of Pharmacy, a prestigious state-run university in North Korea's South Hamgyong province, declined to enroll this year....
N. Korean schools demand scrap paper as penalty for lost textbooks
North Korean schools have begun distributing textbooks before the new semester, but with new books in short supply, they're requiring older students to return...
Starting young: N. Korean textbook reveals indoctrination of kindergarteners
Daily NK has obtained a 2022 kindergarten textbook published by North Korea's Education Newspaper that reveals how the regime shapes young minds through political...
Surveillance mandate breeds discontent among N. Korean party ranks
The North Korean authorities have ordered crackdowns on the distribution of "impure" South Korean media and foreign electronic documents, while pushing party members to...
Empty promises: N. Korean schools force students to bring their own...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promoted educational activities as the "No. 1 affair of state" and emphasized state support, but the burden...
Empty virtual classrooms: N. Korea’s struggling distance education network
North Korea is pushing to build a distance education network as part of a drive to provide all workers with technical training, but universities...
