The Education Commission and officials and teachers across the country have energetically stepped up the preparations with emphasis on decisively improving the quality of the universal 12-year compulsory education.

Officials and teachers of schools at all levels are channeling efforts into putting the education into practicable, comprehensive and modern basis.

Primary schools including Kim Song Ju Primary School in Pyongyang, Haean Primary School in Wonsan City, Kangwon Province and Suwon Primary School in Pohang District, Chongjin City, North Hamgyong Province are making perfect arrangements for improving the quality of overall subjects while fully ensuring the teaching of new subjects.

Senior secondary and junior secondary schools across the country mapped out teaching programs to give practical knowledge to students by combining theoretical education with practical education and fully prepared equipment and materials for experiment and practice and visual aid materials.

Party and power organs rendered sincere help in making preparations for the new school year.

Senior officials of party and power bodies in every province, city (district) and county including Pyongyang, North Phyongan Province, Kanggye City, Chollima District in Nampho City and Sepho County made efforts to establish social traits of attaching importance to the education and took the lead in providing good educational conditions and environment.

Thanks to the support of ministries, national institutions, industrial establishments and cooperative farms, educational institutions at all levels are given face-lifting.

Meanwhile, the supply of textbooks, reference books, uniforms and school things to students across the country before the opening of the new school year is making progress as scheduled.