From Rodong Sinmun Contrast between Societies in View of Education

Contrast between Societies in View of Education

Recently DPRK student Choe Chol Jun took the first place at the International Vocal Concours held in Russia. Korean students also got fine results in the 54th International Math Olympics and Sol Kyong bagged a gold medal, shocking the international judo world.

All of them studied under the Juche education system and fostered their real abilities.

Thanks to the education system where they could study to their hearts' content, they were praised as talents in their country and hoisted the flag of the Republic in foreign countries.

Witnessing the abilities of Korean students in the International Math Olympics held in Colombia in July last, delegates from different countries admired the Korean students' abilities as perfect and Korea's level of education as going beyond imagination.

Then what about the capitalist society?

According to data released by an American newspaper a few years ago, the basic knowledge of American students is on a hopeless level.

For instance, most students couldn't even find Afghanistan, Iraq or Japan on the map.

U.S research institutions reported that the students in the states with the highest quality of education were behind those in developing countries in basic knowledge.

The main reason for it is that the level of education in U.S. is low and that the students abandoned learning, engaging themselves in decadent video games and depravity.

At present the U.S. is increasingly apprehensive of its higher education.

School fees are soaring and students and universities are suffering from the increasing debts.

The excess expenditure aggravates the financial state of universities and cuts the investment of universities for enhancing the academic level of graduates.

The education expenses in south Korea run into astronomical figures. Because of the skyrocketing registration fee, about 27% of students leave school halfway and about 500 students commit suicide every year.

When they graduate from universities, the students are debt-ridden.

That's why they seek a job just to pay off their debts and, if failed, they even commit suicide.

Such education reduces the human beings to slaves of money instead of bringing them up into social beings.

All of this was caused by the anti-popular education policy.

The contrast between the two educational systems presents a clear proof of the superiority of our socialist system.

O Un Pyo