Tag: teaching
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...
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...
Classroom politics: N. Korean teacher loses position after failed attempt to...
A young teacher in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong province, faced public criticism and lost her teaching position after attempting to dodge mandatory militia drills –...
North Korea intensifies crackdown on private education
The North Korean authorities have recently tightened restrictions on private education, with several offenders facing legal consequences, Daily NK has learned.
“A woman in her...
N. Korea’s Civil Defense University revises curriculum for the first time...
North Korea's Civil Defense University, which trains the country's civil defense commanders, has revised its education and training program for the first time in...
Students in Chongjin put under greater non-tax burdens than ever before
Ahead of the new semester this year, North Korea has forced students to pay more so-called "non-tax burdens" than ever before, Daily NK has...
Three Pyongsong high schoolers in trouble after sharing nude photos of...
Three male students at a high school in Pyongsong have been expelled for distributing nude or illicit photos of girls at the school taken...
N. Korean parents less inclined to send kids to kindergarten than...
Fewer North Korean parents want their children to attend kindergarten these days in some areas of the country, Daily NK has learned.
"The number of...
Kaesong dialect targeted in N. Korea’s drive to eliminate non-standard speech
As the North Korean government seeks to tighten ideological control over the "next generation" of children and young people this year, it is taking...
