All the schoolchildren are to spend the vacation on their own schedules and hobbies, breaking the previous usage with main stress on homework.

During the vacation, they are striving to gain many-sided knowledge, cultivate their artistic talents and build up their physical strength at extracurricular education bases and gymnasiums.

And schools are operating abacus, rhythm, vocal music, piano, football, basketball, field and track, ssirum (Korean wrestling), art of narration, drawing and other hobby groups for pupils.

Kim Pom Hui, a fifth-grade pupil of Kwangbok Primary School affiliated to Pyongyang Teachers Training College, told KCNA that her plan for this vacation is to learn abacus, accordion and basketball.

Meanwhile, beauty and historical spots and cultural recreation centers across the country like the Masikryong Ski Resort and the Yangdok Hot Spring Resort are now crowded with schoolchildren enjoying the vacation.