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September 5 this year is the 48th anniversary of the publication of President Kim Il Sung’s work "Theses on Socialist Education".

In his work he clarified in a comprehensive and scientific way the basic principles of socialist pedagogy, the principles to be adhered to in education, the teaching contents and methods and other issues arising in developing socialist education.

He also gave perfect answers to all problems arising in socialist education, including the consolidation and development of the theories of socialist education, the enhancement of the duty and role of educational institutions and the strengthening of the guidance of the Workers’ Party of Korea over education work and state support and social assistance for it.

After the publication of the theses, schools at all levels increased in number, the primary and secondary education system, the higher education system and the study-while-you-work system were established in a better-regulated way, thus providing full conditions for all the people to study in the DPRK. Juche was firmly established in education and the teaching contents, forms and methods were radically improved as required by the times. School education, social education and family education were combined organically and splendid extracurricular educational bases such as children's palaces and camps were built in the best places of the country.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, who regards the immortal ideas on education of the President as the lifeline in developing Juche-oriented education, saw to it that the ordinance of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK on enforcing the universal 12-year compulsory education was adopted at the Sixth Session of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly in September 2012.

The enforcement of the universal 12-year compulsory education was a great change in the education sector, including the perfection of the educational system, the full updating of teaching contents and methods and the fundamental improvement of educational conditions and environment.

For its successful enforcement, he published such works as “Let Us Make Ours a Country of Education and a Talent Power by Bringing about a Radical Improvement in Education in the New Century” and “Teachers Should Fulfil Their Duty as Career Revolutionaries in Implementing the Party’s Policy on Making a Radical Improvement in Education”, thereby providing important guidelines for successfully implementing the educational revolution.

And at the Third Plenary Meeting of the Seventh Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, he set the development of education along with science as an undertaking to be carried out under a far-reaching plan in order to maintain the lifeline of the revolution, put forward the slogan "Let us make a leap forward by dint of science and guarantee the future by dint of education!" and clearly indicated the orientation and ways for carrying out the Party's plan.

He continued field inspection tours of the education sector out of the desire to ensure that rising generations receive excellent education under a good system and favourable conditions and train them to be valuable talents.

Looking round the renovated Pyongyang Teachers Training College in January 2018, he said that the college should bear in mind the intention of the Party and train competent educators who would become the solid roots and foundation for the education of younger generations, so as to make a tangible contribution to strengthening the teaching forces at kindergartens and primary schools.

On his visit to the Paeumui Chollikil (1 000-ri Journey for Learning) Schoolchildren's Palace in May 2019, he said that if it is for the good of children, the WPK intends to do everything possible and do anything at the highest level, however difficult the situation may be, as how to bring up younger generations is a very important matter decisive of the future of the Korean revolution.

Thanks to his idea on the educational revolution in the new century and his energetic guidance, educational institutions of the country as a whole have undergone change in their appearance and lots of achievements have been made in education work.

The ranks of teachers across the country have been built up and the work for further perfecting the educational system as required by the developing reality has been stepped up and thus a large number of technical senior middle schools have newly been built.

The second programme for the universal 12-year compulsory education was drawn up in 2022 in order to improve the quality of compulsory education and vigorous efforts were made to write textbooks accordingly.

Amid a positive social climate of supporting education for the radical improvement of educational conditions and environment, many schools and classrooms across the country have turned into model schools and multi-functional classrooms.

Officials and educators in the education sector are devoting their wisdom and passion to making education an advantageous and ideal one guaranteeing the rosy future of the country.