Education of North Korea

The national literacy rate for people 15 years of age and older is over 99 percent.^[1][2] they go through one year of kindergarten, four years of primary school, six years of secondary education, and then to universities. The best university in the DPRK is Kim Il-sung University. Other notable universities include Kim Chaek University of Technology, which focuses on computer science, Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies, which trains working  trade officials, and Kim Hyong Jik University, which trains teachers.

The Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, started construction in 2001 and is largely funded by Korean and American church groups. It was scheduled to begin in 2003, although it was delayed. It opened in October 2010.

In 1988 the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported that North Korea had 35,000 preprimary, 59,000 primary, 111,000 secondary, 23,000 college and university, and 4,000 other postsecondary teachers.^[1]

Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_North_Korea