Tag: ministry of education
North Korean schools shift focus to Kim Jong Un idolization
North Korea's cabinet-level education ministry has ordered schools nationwide to devote more of their daily ideology sessions to Kim Jong Un's personal achievements, scaling...
North Korea officials caught stealing and swapping school equipment in Sunchang...
Officials and enterprise managers in North Korea's South Pyongan province have been caught in a school corruption scheme, stealing and swapping out electronics intended...
North Korea’s practical teaching push lays bare Pyongyang-provincial education gap
A North Korean Ministry of Education showcase intended to model a new hands-on teaching approach at vocational colleges ended up drawing more attention to...
North Korea’s new elective curriculum is fueling a teacher reassignment crisis
North Korea introduced an elective subject system in its senior middle schools — the equivalent of high schools — this year, but the reform...
Overburdened North Korea teachers say profession has lost its appeal amid...
Teachers at a middle school in Chongjin have been ordered to produce teaching aids outside their subject areas ahead of a citywide instructional materials...
N. Korea orders hands-on learning but schools lack basic lab equipment
North Korean schools are supposed to shift from book learning to a more hands-on, participatory model of education, but teachers say they lack the...
N. Korea’s technical schools struggle with outdated equipment and poor funding
North Korea's Ministry of Education recently conducted a nationwide review that exposed widespread problems at technical high schools, with most struggling to provide proper...
N. Korean schools start summer vacation early due to hot weather
North Korean elementary schools began summer vacation on July 1 due to the hot weather, Daily NK has learned.
"All primary schools in Sinuiju have...
North Korea wipes “reunification” from school textbooks
North Korean authorities have ordered that the word "reunification" be removed from students' textbooks, Daily NK has learned.
"The education authorities were ordered to review...
Several N. Korean children injured due to poorly maintained playground equipment
Several children have been injured after falling from an old swing carousel at a kindergarten playground in Yonsa County, North Hamgyong Province, Daily NK...
