General education units in Pyongyang are positively running extracurricular hobby groups.
Ponghak Senior Middle School in Phyongchon District observes the principle of enrolling students as members of extracurricular hobby groups after taking into account their aptitude, talents and hobbies.
The school has made achievements by creating and applying new extracurricular education methods that help students consolidate the knowledge they have learned through after-school activities, and enhance their common knowledge.
Ryonghung Primary School in Taesong District has set up a scientific amusement hobby group and other new hobby groups and revitalized their operation methodologically so that pupils can acquire knowledge suited to their aptitudes and hobbies.
Educators of Tongsin Primary School in Tongdaewon District have drawn up guidelines for the operation of extracurricular hobby groups and cultivated pupils' artistic skills, intellectual faculties, practical abilities, research ability and expression faculty through the operation of music, dance and math groups.
Munsu Primary School in Taedonggang District and other educational institutions have also put efforts into updating the rooms of hobby groups and providing them with apparatuses and equipment for experiments and practical training so as to ensure the effective operation of the hobby groups.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un meets with labour innovators and meritorious persons
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s
December 28, 2025
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s
