Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- Officials and researchers of the Academy of Pedagogical Science in the DPRK are concentrating their efforts on scientific researches to contribute to the development of education in the country.

The General Education Institute is designing the teaching plans for 10 subjects including literature, science, art and sports.

It is putting the standard of athletic apparatuses on a scientific basis in conformity with the characteristics of the physical development of students and setting the standard of installation rationally at the secondary general education stage.

The Higher Education Institute is intensifying the researches to standardize educational resources, and the Institute of Educational Ideology and Theory is pioneering developmental psychology.

The teacher training institute is updating the establishment of educational system and the formation of courses.

The General Education Institute and the Gifted Education Institute worked out a new educational programme for the disabled in cooperation with Kim Il Sung University and other educational institutions.

The Educational Information Technology Exchange Company developed the sign language interpretation program "Sonmal" 1.0 and is disseminating excellent teaching experience created in various units through the network exclusive to the educational field. -0-