Successes have been achieved in the effort to consolidate the country’s educational foundation. Kim Il Sung University, Kim Chaek University of Technology and University of Sciences developed into research-oriented universities where teaching, scientific research and production are integrated. Many other universities and colleges instituted new departments and introduced hundreds of subjects to train talents for key industrial sectors. Dozens of provincial-level colleges of

The qualifications of teachers are just the quality of education and the speed of advance of the country. The international conference on education held in October 1994 set October 5 as world teachers’ day and decided to mark the day every year according to the unanimous demand and agreement of the participants. The main purpose of marking the day is to bring home to people the significance and importance of educational work in social development and to enhance the position a