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The Pyongyang Korean School for Foreigners (Korean: 평양외국인학교) is a primary school in Pyongyang, North Korea, exclusively for foreign children. It has also a facility for foreign children studying on secondary school level. The school is located at the Munsudong diplomatic compound in Pyongyang, the capital of the DPRK.
As a growing industrial economy, North Korea funnelled funds through the Chongryon to finance Chōsen schools, along with parents paying tuition fees. [ 18 ] [ 1 ] In 2021, a press release from Pyongyang reported that, since the start of the Chōsen gakkō, North Korea had sent over ₩ 500 billion ( US$ 437.08 million) of financial support.
Mangyondae Schoolchildrens Palace in Pyongyang. Education in North Korea is universal and state-funded schooling by the government. As of 2021, UNESCO Institute for Statistics does not report any data for North Korea's literacy rates. Children in the DPRK go through one year of kindergarten, five years of primary education, and six years of ...
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It was originally established under the name of Myongji Foreign Language High School on March 2, 2004, by Myongji Foundation. It was run as Myongji Foreign Language High School for 5 years, but due to declining financial situation of Myongji Foundation, the school was taken over by Bong-ahm Institute in 2008.
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For example, a student in the first year of middle school would be referred to as "First grade in Middle School (중학교 1학년.)". Middle schools are called Jung hakgyo (중학교) in Korean, which literally means middle school. High schools are called Godeung hakgyo (고등학교) in Korean, literally meaning "high school".
The tuition fee for high school is ¥483,360 per year (as of 2020), which is relatively low compared to general private high schools. Additionally, being a school that promotes education support for high school students under the high school tuition fee exemption system, depending on the household's annual income, the tuition fee may be exempt.