Tag: teachers
Homeroom teachers compete over student bribes as class ceremonies become status...
North Korean high school students in their final year are increasingly putting on a variety of "graduation parties," leaving parents who must now prepare...
North Korean students sacrifice studies to work odd jobs for family...
Many North Korean students take on odd jobs such as making coal briquettes or transporting their parents' market goods due to hardships at home....
North Korean students board with music tutors to boost career prospects
North Korean students seeking to learn musical instruments have started boarding with their teachers in a new approach to private lessons.
A source in North...
N. Korean authorities jail private tutors as crackdown intensifies
North Korean authorities have recently been tightening restrictions on private tutoring. Anyone caught being paid for private lessons reportedly faces legal sanctions, with no...
N. Korean teachers questioned after criticizing ‘two hostile states’ doctrine while...
Teachers who criticized new textbooks and maps erasing Korean reunification references were summoned by state security after their comments at a drinking party were...
Pyongsong mandates college entrance tests for seniors to keep them on...
The education bureau in Pyongsong, South Pyongan province, is forcing all high school seniors to take university entrance exams regardless of their post-graduation plans.
"The...
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. Korean teens face public humiliation for painting each other’s nails...
A group of Pyongyang teenagers were recently hauled before a public struggle session for painting their nails.
A source in Pyongyang told Daily NK that...
N. Korea’s technical schools struggle with outdated equipment and poor funding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. Korea children’s camp excludes poor students due to high costs
Songdowon International Children's Camp supposedly provides mental and physical training to children and teenagers while promoting their welfare, but critics say it's becoming a...
