North Korea Education
Training North Korea has built up a well-organized education system, and literacy is estimated at 98%. Since the 1970s, the duty-free compulsory school has been 11 years old. Schooling starts at the age of 5 with a preschool year and then follows a 4-year primary school and a 6-year secondary school. The course set is broadly similar to that of other countries, but the training also includes some weekly lessons with ideological training. English is a compulsory second language from…