In the secondary general education field, a vigorous campaign was launched to improve teaching and extracurricular education methods in a way to enhance the intellectual and practical abilities of students, in accordance with the enforcement of the universal 12-year compulsory education, and to introduce a new method of examination for properly assessing their attainments.

Multi-functional classrooms are being arranged at Kim Il Sung University, Kim Chaek University of Technology, University of Sciences and other schools.

Also a work goes to more actively introduce diverse information technologies needed for pedagogy and improve the heuristic method of education and enhance the role of educators.

New teaching plans are being worked out, while education faculties come into being at various universities to train newly-appointed teachers.

Besides, steps have been taken to construct more school buildings and dormitories, provide modern facilities for experiment and practice and introduce the achievements in educational science.