Kim Il Sung University, Kim Chaek University of Technology, Pyongyang University of Mechanical Engineering and other universities introduced seven new subjects on materials this year.

Industrial, agricultural and vocational technical colleges in all provinces are pushing ahead with the work to revise the teaching programme and 10,000-odd teaching plans in such subjects as fields of food, clothing, daily use, machinery, forest and fisheries, thus providing a guarantee for training talents to shoulder the Workers' Party of Korea's policy on regional development in a long-term way.