{"id":49615,"date":"2021-10-05T13:21:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T04:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=49615"},"modified":"2021-10-05T13:23:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T04:23:10","slug":"teachers-yanggang-province-mobilized-potato-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/teachers-yanggang-province-mobilized-potato-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers in Yanggang Province mobilized for the potato harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK has learned that teachers in Yanggang Province have recently been mobilized to harvest potatoes. A source says they are heading to the farms earlier than in previous years with a poor harvest expected this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source, who is based in the province, told Daily NK on Thursday that the province\u2019s education department assigned local teachers potato quotas from Sep. 25. He said early October is the optimal time to harvest potatoes, but with the authorities expecting insufficient supplies, they are putting teachers to work in the fields about 10 days earlier than last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, this year\u2019s potato harvest in Yanggang Province is not looking good. Many farms have suffered flood or drought damage, or have not properly received fertilizers or manure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers believe they will not be able to fill their potato quotas unless they get an early start on digging up tubers. So they are competitively harvesting potatoes.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43670\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/3907227455_12467b4359_b-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"north korean students\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/3907227455_12467b4359_b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/3907227455_12467b4359_b-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/3907227455_12467b4359_b-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/3907227455_12467b4359_b-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/3907227455_12467b4359_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of North Korean students in Pyongyang \/ Image: fresh888, Flickr, Creative Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some schools are drawing censure for asking students to pony up the money needed to harvest and transport the potatoes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said in Hyesan, some elementary schools collected KPW 5,000 to 10,000 per student. Middle schools collected over KPW 10,000 per student, believing teachers needed to hit their quotas before they could properly teach their classes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kindergarten students, too, were mobilized for the potato harvest. However, their students were not tasked with \u201cnon-tax burdens,\u201d said the source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, kindergarten teachers not taking part in the harvest are being asked to contribute money to dig up and ship the spuds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTeachers are being mobilized for the potato harvest as we enter autumn,\u201d said the source. \u201cThe propaganda calls educating future generations an important project for the future. But in fact, with (the authorities) unable to work out ration issues, teachers are being reduced to farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith recent difficulties making ends meet, teachers often ask students or parents for bribes,\u201d he added. \u201cBecause of this, educational authority in schools is collapsing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%eb%b6%81%ed%95%9c-%ea%b5%90%ec%82%ac%eb%93%a4-%ed%95%99%ec%83%9d%ec%97%90-%ea%b0%90%ec%9e%90-%ec%9a%b4%ec%86%a1%ed%95%98%ea%b2%8c-%eb%8f%88-%eb%82%b4%eb%9d%bc-%ea%b5%90%ea%b6%8c\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily NK has learned that teachers in Yanggang Province have recently been mobilized to harvest potatoes. 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