General Secretary Kim Jong Il saw many programs displayed at the 18th national program contest and exhibition early in January and gave on-the-spot guidance to Hamhung University of Medicine in May to clearly indicate the orientation and ways for the development of education.

This year witnessed that a lot of educational apparatuses and school fixtures were rendered to the educational institutions throughout the country and profound social concern was directed to education to help promote the nation's educational work.

Being aware of their duty as the professional revolutionaries, educators have devoted all their knowledge and energy to the educational work. Hundreds of teachers and researchers in educational field were awarded academic degrees and titles of academician, candidate academician, professor, doctor and associate professor this year alone and tens of thousands of model teachers have been produced in the past years.

The 9th National Program Contest in Education Field, the national students information science and technology exhibition to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK and the 16th national contest among middle schoolers marked an important occasion in training able talents and enhancing the scholarly performance of the students as a whole.

The achievements made by educators and students in international arena this year showed a glimpse of the Juche-oriented education on a higher stage of development.

Korean students proved successful at the 49th International Mathematic Olympiad in Spain, the 12th International Russian Olympic Contest of Students in Moscow and the First World Chinese Contest of Middle School Students.

The Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Art Troupe was acclaimed in overseas performances including the friendship performance as a part of the Hong Kong International Chorus Festival of Youth and Children. The girl players of the DPRK football team, who were trained at various juvenile sports schools, won the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008.

The educational development in DPRK shows well the correctness of the educational policy of the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK government and the superiority of the socialist educational system.