The article noted that general secretary Kim Jong Il visited Kim Il Sung University in December 1996 marking its 50th birthday and gave meaningful instructions in relation to the education.

Under his meticulous care the state investment in education has increased and the whole country is positively supporting the education in the DPRK, it said.

In recent years the DPRK has made world-startling achievements one after another in all fields of science and technology, including nuclear, outer space, information, nano and bioengineering technologies, holding supremacy over the CNC technology, it said, adding: This shows that there are so many well-qualified talents in the country.

The DPRK will emerge a great prosperous and powerful country in the near future along with the development of education in the new century, the article stressed.