In Pyongyang City, several districts have turned out in the work to take charge of schools in rural areas and help their teachers improve their teaching ability. Consequently, dozens of lessons with the application of effective teaching methods were created at those schools and their teachers' qualifications in teaching methods and students' scholarly performance were put on a higher level.

North Phyongan Province saw to it that officials in the field of education took charge of cities and counties, and the provincial teaching institute and city and county teachers' retraining institutes helped the teachers of schools in their charge raise their educational qualifications, while making progress in the work to strengthen the foundation for experiments and practice.

South Hamgyong Province, too, strives to make the regional schools orient their educational work to helping students get working knowledge and cultivate their practical ability, while promoting the work to reduce the difference between urban and rural education levels.

Meanwhile, various provinces direct efforts to raising the overall education level, while exploring and applying various methods to improve the qualifications of teachers and the academic abilities of students.