calendar>>April 1. 2010 Juch 99
New School Year Begins
Pyongyang, April 1 (KCNA) -- A new school year for Juche 99 (2010) has begun in the DPRK.

Good preparations were made in different parts of the country to provide teaching aids and furnishings, facilities for experiments and practices, equipment for physical culture and sports and entertainment, school fixtures, etc. to schools as required by the age of IT.

Opening ceremonies took place at universities, colleges and secondary and primary schools across the country on Thursday.

Newcomers were warmly welcomed by officials of party and power organs, teachers and students and their parents at Kim Il Sung University, Kim Chaek University of Technology, Kim Ki Song Hoeryong Secondary School No. 1, Sojung Secondary School in Rakwon County, Kim Song Ju Primary School and other educational institutions at various levels.

At the end of the ceremonies, the first classes of the new school year took place.

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