North Korea Education System

North Korea is not a place that most people really know about; they are a very closed-off country and are very secretive. Up until recently, many people didn’t even know of what North Korea is capable of. Recently, the production of the movie “The Interview”, has sparked much conflict between the company Sony and North Korea. The country is of violence, neglect, and power-hungry dictators. No one really knows the truth about North Korea, but what they do know is that North Korea is a country full of secrets, intent on doing what is their ruler’s best interest. North Korea happens to have a very interesting history, one that is full of violence and power. Korea used to be ruled by a dynasty; Japan colonized Korea which left the Koreans remembering the colonial rule as brutal. Korea was split between the Soviet Union and the United States …show more content…
This causes the people who live in North Korea to continue to have the mindset that they have about their country. Students who attend school are forced to work manual labor while in school (Hahn). North Korea has three different types of schooling, one is the basic schooling system and the other two are for special purposes. The different types of schooling there are based on a person’s age group (North Korea Educational System). North Korea is now looking to modernize their education system. The benefit of them modernizing it is that now the people who live there will be able to learn about new things. Instead of forcing kids to memorizing things, they are changing it to focus more on creativity. They are going to be focusing more on computer education than anything else. Focusing on computer education will be good because it will allow people to gain exposure to computers (Min Se). Hopefully this change in education will be one of many changes for the highly secretive