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Moranbong Middle School No. 1 has upgraded its extracurricular education method to improve the students’ abilities to understand and apply the contents of textbooks.

In the course of analysing the method of extracurricular study guidance they applied in the past, the educators of the school found room for improving the efficiency of extracurricular education.

As the extracurricular course was given in a uniform manner, students failed to put effort into subjects at which they are poor or about which they wanted to learn more.

And teachers regarded the extracurricular review hours as a spare time for making up for unfinished lessons and failed to ensure the teaching density. Moreover, as they gave study guidance to students by way of answering their questions, the extracurricular education could not be a substantial education course.

In the course of finding the right method to solve these problems, teachers of the school, including deputy headmistress Ma Kyong Sim, organized subject groups that use the specialized subject classrooms already built at the school. They created a method of running extracurricular groups in the mode of putting forward the contents of extracurricular group guidance, the names of group instructors and the time for their operation and letting students select the subject they want to learn according to their own natural disposition, talent and knowledge level and go to the teacher they want to learn from to receive study guidance.

In addition, they divided the groups into two categories according to attainments of students and appointed group teachers in a rational way.

According to Ma Kyong Sim, the extracurricular education in accordance with the levels and individualities of students doubled the efficiency of education as compared to previously.

On that basis, they developed a system of supporting the operation of extracurricular groups capable of making an objective and fair analysis and evaluation of teachers and students during the course of extracurricular group operation.

The introduction of the system made it possible to conduct the planning of subject groups, the application of students and the review and evaluation of the group operation in a more objective and scientific way.

What is noteworthy in the development and use of the system is the function that enables teachers to evaluate students’ attitude toward learning and students to rate teachers’ teaching abilities.

Therefore, the competition among teachers for improving their abilities and teaching skills grew intense and their sense of responsibility was enhanced for improving students’ abilities.

In addition, the school created a new type of extracurricular study guidance method, such as the question-and-answer platform, where all students and teachers of various subjects hold discussions and debates, solve problems and conduct experiments on research problems of practical themes together, irrespective of grade and class, to help students find solutions to the problems by themselves.