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After the establishment of North Korea, an education system modeled largely on that of the Soviet Union was established. According to North Korean sources, at the time of North Korea's establishment, two-thirds of school-age children did not attend primary school, and most adults, numbering 2.3 million, were illiterate.
Kim Il Sung Military University (also known as Kim Il Sung Military Academy) is a university located in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea.Founded in 1948 and named after Kim Il Sung, founder of North Korea, the school is a post-secondary educational institution for officers in the Korean People's Army.
Choson University of Physical Education (조선체육대학) 1958: Pyongyang [2] Central Hambuk University (함북농업대학) 1970: North Hamgyong Province [2] Local Hamhung University of Chemical Industry (함흥화학공업대학) 15 September 1947: Hamhŭng [2] Central Huichon University of Telecommunications (희천체신대학) 1 ...
Vocational education in North Korea (1 C) Pages in category "Education in North Korea" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
According to Kim Jong Un, the National Defense University deals with scientific and technical problems on the modernization of North Korea's armed forces and the development of high-tech weapons. [6] Kim also mentioned that the university has a role in consolidating the country's status as a nuclear weapon state. [6]
[1] [2] It changed its name to the Pyongyang University of Education no. 1 (평양제1사범대학) in September 1972. [1] It was renamed the Pyongyang University of Education in April 1989. [ 1 ] It assumed its current name in October 1990, [ 1 ] after Kim chol ju , younger brother of Kim Il Sung.
North Korea, [d] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), [e] is a country in East Asia.It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
"The Early History of National Education of Western Medicine in Korea." Korean Journal of Medical History 2.1 (1993): 10–37 online. Kim, Hyung-chan, and Tong-gyu Kim. Human remolding in North Korea: a social history of education (University Press of America, 2005). Kim, Jaein, et al. "A Study on the History of Women's Education in Korea."