Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- The law on the enforcement of the universal 12-year compulsory education was adopted at the Sixth Session of the Twelfth Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK held in September Juche 101 (2012).

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un wisely led the work for the development of education with his steadfast will to firmly guarantee the eternal future of the country through a fresh turn in the educational work.

He published many works in the new century of Juche to indicate the path for successfully bringing about a radical improvement in education in the new century.

He presented the slogan "Let us make a leap forward by dint of science and guarantee the future by dint of education!" and put forward the famous proposition that if science is a locomotive leading economic development, the mother of science is education.

In his report made at the Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, he again referred to the general goal of education for turning the country's education into one that can shoulder the future of the country, and set forth the goals and concrete tasks for developing education to turn the country into a developed country in education, a talent power, by dynamically bringing about a radical improvement in education in the new century.

He made sure that the Party and state measures were taken one after another for the development of education and gave ceaseless field guidance to the educational field.

Under his leadership, the Juche-oriented education greeted a new heyday of its development.

Remarkable achievements have been made at major universities and senior middle schools through the introduction of advanced teaching methods.

The Academy of Pedagogical Science, the center for education science research of the country, and modern educational institutions and educational facilities were newly built and the construction of teacher training colleges is being pushed forward in different parts of the country.

Every year many schools and kindergartens have been built or remodeled on the high level and factories producing bags, uniforms and shoes for students across the country.

The future of the DPRK that will shine as a developed country in education and a talented power is being accelerated as it is led by Kim Jong Un. -0-