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Korea has long attached great importance to the secondary education and enforced universal compulsory secondary education system, the first of its kind in the East, in November Juche 47 or 1958. It has been fully guaranteed by the free education system. Since then the compulsory secondary education system has developed systematically.
   In Juche 56 or 1967 the universal 9-year technical compulsory education was enforced, which closely combines the secondary general education with basic technical education, and education with productive labor. And in Juche 61 or 1972 the universal 11-year compulsory education was enforced for the first time in the world. So all the new generations could receive the completed compulsory secondary education.

The Law of the Supreme People´s Assembly of the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea “On Enforcing Universal 12-Year Compulsory Education” was promulgated on September 25, Juche 101 or 2012. The universal 12-year compulsory education system is a development of the universal 11-year compulsory education system and a new high stage of the secondary general education system.
  During the systematic 12-year education including one-year preschool education, 5-year primary school, 3-year junior secondary school and 3-year senior secondary school, the rising generations are taught general basic knowledge and modern basic technical knowledge to complete their secondary general education.

  During the 5-year primary school pupils acquire basic knowledge of the nature and society, preparing themselves for all-round secondary education. The 3-year junior secondary school teaches the pupils secondary general basic knowledge and the 3-year senior secondary school, basic technical knowledge useful in reality in line with the demand of the era of the knowledge-based economy while completing their secondary general knowledge.
  In Korea a change will be brought about in the contents and qualitative level of the secondary education thanks to the universal 12-year compulsory education system.

Voice of Korea