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NORTH KOREA

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PESTEL ANALYSIS OF INDIA

This PESTEL analysis of India aims to address some of the political, economic, social,
technological, environmental, and legal issues concerning the country.

Political environment of India

India is a standout amongst the most dominant nations on the planet. It is the biggest vote based
system on the planet and appreciates a generally steady political condition. New Delhi is the
capital of India. India neighbors two incredible nations for example China and Pakistan. Other
neighboring nations are Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka.

Majority rule will of the general population reflected in the neighborhood and national races is
for the most part regarded and acknowledged by the ideological groups and individuals by and
large. This political culture of resistance contributes tremendously to keep up a stable political
atmosphere which is in actuality a vital factor to pull in outside direct speculation (FDI). Be that
as it may, sporadic political distress isn't unprecedented in India.

A noteworthy region of worry in India is debasement. It gravely influences the nation's the same
old thing and political condition, representing a test to the nation's financial development.
Defilement builds the expense of business activities and regularly influences remote direct
venture. Be that as it may, a developing open mindfulness and government activities are fighting
the difficulties of debasement.

Economic environment of India

As indicated by the IMF 2017 financial figure, India's GDP is worth $2.4 trillion making it the
seventh biggest economy on the planet by ostensible GDP. The GDP will develop by 7.0% in
FY18 which is required to increment to 7.4% by FY20 (The World Bank Group, 2018).

The current corporate duty rate in India is 30% (as of February 2018). It is important that the
nation seen visit corporate duty rate changes throughout the years. For instance, the duty rate in
2010 was 33.99%, while it achieved an untouched high of 38.95% in 2001 (Trading Economics,
2018).
India is one of the top countries in many industries. For example, it is the 7th largest coffee
producing countries in the world (International Coffee Organisation, 2017). It is also one of the
top agriculture producing countries in the world.

India's key fares are oil based commodities, adornments, pharmaceutical items, transport gear,
hardware and readymade pieces of clothing to give some examples. Then again, India imports
unrefined oil, gold and silver, electronic great, pearls and valuable stones and numerous different
things. A portion of the top exchanging accomplices of India are China, UAE, Switzerland,
Saudi Arabia, USA, and Qatar (Guardian News and Media Limited, 2016).

The Indian economy has held up superior to other rising nations to the worldwide financial
stoppage and has profited by low oil costs as of late. As indicated by the IMF, the Indian
economy developed by 7.3% in 2018, which is the most noteworthy development in two years
and most grounded since the principal quarter of 2016, driven by a bounce back in mechanical
action, particularly assembling and development, and an extension in horticulture. Segments
which enrolled development of over 7% incorporate assembling; power, gas and water supply;
development, and open organization and resistance. India additionally enlisted the third most
elevated development on the planet in 2018. Development is relied upon to stay solid in the
following couple of years, achieving 7.4% in 2019 and 7.7% in 2020.

India's monetary shortage remained at USD 101.93 billion before the finish of November 2018.
That added up to 114.8% of the planned focus for that year, for the most part because of lower
income acknowledgment and ascend in consumption, with the obligation to GDP proportion
staying high (67%). That was a slight increment from the earlier year's 112% of the planned
target. The expansion rate expanded from 3.6% in 2017, to 4.7% in 2018. Be that as it may, the
economy is expecting to move towards an increasingly steady cost routine. Additionally, in 2018
the administration shortage remained at - 6.6% of the GDP ans is relied upon to stay at the
comparable dimension in coming years. In 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proceeded with
his program of changes went for combining open records, advancing speculation and modern
advancement and improving the business atmosphere. The legislature has passed a key products
and ventures charge (which goes for transforming the 29 states into a typical market) and raised
remote direct speculation tops in certain areas, with different monetary changes concentrating on
authoritative and administration changes. On the off chance that Prime Minister Narendra Modi
proceeds in power after the 2019 decisions, the establishments whereupon new approaches
would be fabricated ought to remain to a great extent unaltered. Modi's greatest change push,
with the best effect to open accounts, and the most grounded apparatus against tax avoidance was
the presentation of the products and ventures charge (GST). Another real choice taken by the
administration was to all of a sudden pronounce that India's most elevated category banknotes –
representing 86% of money – would never again be lawful delicate thus they must be saved in
banks. This arrangement went for handling the dark economy and, after a first time of
vulnerability, it is relied upon to effectsly affect the nation's economy (for instance, since April
2017 over twice the same number of Indians have recorded government forms than in a similar
time of the earlier year). Notwithstanding, long haul difficulties stay critical, including: India's
victimization ladies and young ladies, a wasteful power age and dispersion framework, incapable
implementation of licensed innovation rights, lacking transport and farming foundation,
constrained non-horticultural work openings, high spending and inadequately focused on
endowments, deficient accessibility of value fundamental and advanced education, steady
provincial to-urban movement.

India is relied upon to surpass China as the world's most crowded nation by 2024. It has the
world's biggest youth populace, all things considered by the OECD over 30% of India's
childhood are NEETs (not in business, instruction or preparing). India keeps on experiencing a
low GDP for each capita, practically 25% of the populace still lives underneath the destitution
line (around 33% of the total populace living on under USD 1.90/day lives in India) and the
nation's disparities are exceptionally solid: the most extravagant 1% of the populace possess 53%
of the nation's riches. As indicated by ILO reports, the joblessness rate remained at 3.5% 2018
and ought to stay unaltered in 2019.

Social environment of India

India has a colossal customer showcase with an all out populace of around 1.2 billion. Such a
tremendous market is an extraordinary open door for global organizations. No big surprise why
such a large number of multinationals are working in India! India offers shoddy work and the
work compel is relied upon to achieve 160-170 million by 2020 (IBEF, 2018). Open and
reasonable work constrain has urged numerous worldwide organizations to re-appropriate a
portion of their business tasks to India.
India is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, and multi-religious nation. Public agreement is an
extraordinary quality; be that as it may, the nation here and there observers pressures in ethnic
lines. India has a widely acclaimed film industry. It is likewise widely acclaimed for a portion of
the games for example Cricket and Hockey. IPL (Indian Premier League) draws in cricket
legends and abilities to India.

India is a standout amongst the most alluring markets on the planet in numerous parts. Way of
life is bit by bit improving and the nation has a developing white collar class with great extra
cash. In any case, it is important that India still experiences destitution and as indicated by the
World Bank, 1 out of 5 individuals in India are as yet poor.

Technological environment of India

India is a standout amongst the most innovatively propelled nations on the planet. Indeed, as
indicated by certain sources, it is the third most mechanically propelled nation on the planet. No
big surprise why increasingly more tech monsters including yet not constrained to Facebook,
Microsoft, and Apple are putting resources into the nation! India is a key goal for redistributing
work in IT. With a propelled IT foundation and profoundly talented IT work constrain, India
offer huge open doors for business people to leave upon innovative ventures, for example,
programming improvement and overhauls, internet business, versatile applications, business
arrangements, and some more.

Environmental issues of India

While India has gained a great deal of ground throughout the years, the nation still faces various
natural difficulties for example air contamination, water contamination, floods, asset exhaustion,
for example, water and woodland, loss of biodiversity, and preoccupation of buyer squander into
streams. Exiles may in some cases think that its hard to live under a portion of these natural
difficulties.

Condition - flow issues: deforestation; soil disintegration; overgrazing; desertification; air

contamination from modern effluents and vehicle emanations; water contamination from crude
sewage and spillover of horticultural pesticides; faucet water isn't consumable all through the
nation; immense and developing populace is overstraining normal assets. For nature of India to
be reasonable over the long haul, it ought to be wide based and comprehensive of a substantial
piece of the locale's work constrain. [Source: CIA World Factbook]

Condition - worldwide understandings: gathering to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol,

Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate
Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling.

India is powerless against different characteristic risks, especially violent winds and yearly
rainstorm floods, and different blends of destitution, populace development, expanding singular
utilization, industrialization, infrastructural improvement, poor horticultural practices, and asset
maldistribution have prompted considerable human change of India's common habitat. An
expected 60 percent of developed land experiences soil disintegration, waterlogging, and
saltiness. It is additionally assessed that somewhere in the range of 4.7 and 12 billion tons of
topsoil are lost every year from soil disintegration. From 1947 to 2002, normal yearly per capita
water accessibility declined by just about 70 percent to 1,822 cubic meters, and overexploitation
of groundwater is dangerous in the conditions of Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh. Woodland
zone covers 19.4 percent of India's geographic territory (63.7 million hectares). About portion of
the nation's backwoods spread is found in the province of Madhya Pradesh (20.7 percent) and the
seven conditions of the upper east (25.7 percent); the last is encountering net timberland
shortfall. Backwoods spread is declining a result of gathering for fuel wood and the development
of agrarian land. [Source: Library of Congress, 2004]

These patterns, joined with expanding mechanical and engine vehicle contamination yield, have
prompted climatic temperature builds, moving precipitation designs, and declining interims of
dry spell repeat in numerous territories. The Indian Agricultural Research Institute has evaluated
that a 3̊ C ascend in temperature will result in a 15 to 20 percent misfortune in yearly wheat
yields. These are generous issues for a country with such an extensive populace relying upon the
profitability of essential assets and whose financial development depends vigorously on modern
development.

Common clashes including characteristic assets—most quite timberlands and arable land—have
happened in eastern and northeastern states. On the other hand, water assets have not been
connected to either household or worldwide fierce clash as was recently foreseen by certain
eyewitnesses. Conceivable exemptions incorporate some public viciousness identified with
circulation of water from the Kaveri River and political pressures encompassing genuine and
potential populace removals by dam ventures, especially on the Narmada River.

Salinization influences 11 percent of the watered land in India. An expected 7 million sections of
land of land has been harmed by salt. Saltwater interruption is an issue in some seaside regions.
Mangroves have been chopped down and underground water has been tapped out.

As indicated by a review of exiles living in Asia, India, China, Vietnam, the Philippines,
Indonesia and Hong Kong were viewed as the dirties nations in Asia while Singapore, Japan and
Malaysia were viewed as the cleanest. Thailand, South Korea and Taiwan were in the center.

Legal environment of India

The last component to address in the PESTEL investigation of India is the lawful scene. As
referenced above, India is a celebrated goal for remote direct venture. Contingent upon the
extension and the business needs, outside financial specialists can set up an organization, branch,
or a constrained risk association in India. Indian organizations are represented by the Companies
Act, 2013. There are various work laws that manage business relations in India for example
Representatives' State Insurance Act 1948 (ESI Act), Industrial Disputes Act 1947 (ID Act),
Maternity Benefit Act 1961 (MBA) and the Payment of Bonus Act 1965 (PBA).
Steepled Analysis of North Korea

STEEPLE is advanced as it deals with macro-environmental external factors and also offers an
overview of various external fields. It is an acronym for Social, Technological, Environmental,
Political, Legal and Ethical.

Social Factor of North Korea

North Korea's rigidly hierarchical social structure resembles that of pre-modern Korea: an
unequal society, both in terms of status and economic rewards. The rulers are at the apex, next
come a small elite of Korean Workers' Party (KWP) officers, then a larger group of KWP cadres,
and, finally, the majority of the population. At the bottom of the social-political pyramid are the
politically suspect, including those whose relatives fled to the Republic of Korea (ROK, or South
Korea) after 1945. The treatment of people is largely determined by political criteria. For
example, talented people with "tainted" political backgrounds usually find it impossible to attend
a college or university.

Insight into this cloistered society has benefited since the late 1980s from North Korea's release
of statistics about its population, health conditions, educational enrollment, and other data
previously kept secret. This information suggests that as of July 1991, the approximately 21.8
million North Koreans have life expectancies, health conditions, and mortality rates roughly
equivalent to those of South Korea, which at that time had about twice the population. In the
early 1990s, however, relatively limited information is available on living standards, especially
for those living outside the capital city of P'yongyang.

Technology of North Korea

The internet as we know it does exist in North Korea, but access is severely limited
and only permitted to foreigners and the elite. Most people access North Korea's
internal internet, called Kwangmyong, which is completely walled off from the
outside world. Sites are mostly for North Korea's institutions, but the intranet is
opening up for commerce too. The country's first online shopping site, called
Okryu, launched in 2015.

While North Korea has banned Facebook access on the open internet, the regime
seems to like the concept. The country built a clone which was discovered by Dyn
Networks researcher Doug Madory last year – and then promptly hacked. The
clone was fully functional, allowing users to sign up via email and post messages
on each other's walls. It isn't clear whether the clone went on to attract more users
in North Korea after the hack.

Like other developing countries, North Koreans have bypassed landlines, PCs, and
broadband to embrace the mobile phone. According to the main carrier Koryolink,
there are around 3 million mobile subscribers. PC ownership, on the other hand, is
pegged at the hundreds of thousands, according to estimates from Andrei Lankov,
author of "The Real North Korea".

North Korea's main carrier, Koryolink, doesn't allow international calls, although
citizens living close to the Chinese border use imported phones and SIM cards to
call relatives who have fled the country, according to Amnesty International. The
charity notes this is a risky business, since the regime will arrest anyone found
using an imported phone. North Koreans do use PCs, but they're mostly available
to elites, like students lucky enough to be studying at Pyongyang University.
Computers are also available in internet cafes and schools, though usage is
monitored.

The dominant mobile carrier in North Korea is Koryolink, a joint venture between
Egyptian telecoms firm Orascom and the government. But Orascom "lost control"
of the company in 2015 and a state-funded rival called Byol has reportedly
emerged since then. Byol may merge with Koryolink, leaving Orascom's status in
the country unclear and handing the government further control over
telecommunications.

Economy of North Korea

The economy of North Korea is a halfway arranged framework, where the job of market portion
plans is constrained, however increasing. As of 2015 North Korea proceeds with its essential
adherence to a midway arranged order economy. There has been some financial progression,
especially after Kim Jong-un accepted the authority in 2012, yet reports struggle over specific
enactment and establishment.

The collapse of the Eastern Bloc from 1989 to 1991, particularly North Korea's principal source
of support, the Soviet Union, forced the North Korean economy to realign its foreign economic
relations, including increased economic exchanges with South Korea. China is North Korea's
largest trading partner. North Korea's ideology of Juche has resulted in the country
pursuing autarky in an environment of international sanctions.

North Korea had a similar GDP per capita to its neighbor South Korea from the aftermath of
the Korean War until the mid-1970s,[17][18] but had a GDP per capita of less than $2,000 in the
late 1990s and early 21st century.

Estimating gross national product in North Korea is a difficult task because of a dearth of
economic data[19] and the problem of choosing an appropriate rate of exchange for the North
Korean won, the nonconvertible North Korean currency. The South Korean government's
estimate placed North Korea's GNP in 1991 at US$22.9 billion, or US$1,038 per capita. In
contrast, South Korea posted US$237.9 billion of GNP and a per capita income of US$5,569 in
1991. North Korea's GNP in 1991 showed a 5.2% decline from 1989, and preliminary
indications were that the decline would continue. South Korea's GNP, by contrast, expanded by
9.3% and 8.4%, respectively, in 1990 and 1991.

According to analyst Andrei Lankov, writing in 2017, a significant number of observers believe
that the Bank of Korea is too conservative and the real growth rate is 3–4%. North Korea
reported that the government budget has been increasing at between 5% and 10% annually from
2007 to 2015. Reported planned capital expenditure, mainly on roads and public buildings,
increased by 4.3% in 2014, 8.7% in 2015 to 13.7% in 2016. According to a North Korea
economist, the growth rate was 3.7% in 2017, lifting GDP to $29.6 billion in 2018.[27] The
Australian government estimated 1.3% growth in 2017, while the South Korean government
estimated -3.5%.

Environmental factors of North Korea

More than 80 percent of North Korea is mountainous with cultivation largely confined to coastal
strips in the east and west. According to a United Nations Environmental Programme report in
2003, forest covers over 70 percent of the country, mostly on steep slopes. However, other
studies have suggested that, due to deforestation, forest cover was only about 50%. There are
nine rivers and numerous smaller waterways. The environment is correspondingly diverse,
consisting of alpine, forest, farmland, freshwater, and marine ecosystems.

Due to its geological history, the country has a range of vegetation, from the subtropical,
temperate and frigid zones, which are able to coexist due to the combined effects of oceanic and
continental climates. The climate has pronounced seasonal variations, with warm summers and
snowfall in winter.

In 2003, air pollution in Pyongyang, largely due to combustion of coal, was reported to be
unacceptable. This is somewhat mitigated by the high use of public transport in urban areas. In
2003, the pollution of rivers and streams was reported to be "severe" due to a decrease in
investment in environmental protection and the improper discharge of untreated sewage and
industrial effluent. The quality of the Taedong River, which flows through Pyongyang, was
reported to be "deteoriating", exacerbated by the construction of the West Sea Barrage. A survey
conducted in 2017 found that 93% of sanitation facilities were not connected to a sewage system.
Rather, the human waste was used as fertilizer on fields, creating the potential health risk of
spreading intestinal worms.

North Korea produces large quantities of DDT and other pesticides.

In response to the deforestation problem, North Korea has implemented a tree planting
program. In 2016, the Korean Central News Agency reported that the Central Nursery under the
Ministry of Land and Environment Protection had produced 90 million saplings over the past
five years for distribution around the country. Official pronouncements have labeled illegal
forest destruction as "treachery" and threatened perpetrators with the death penalty. In 2017, Kim
Il-sung University announced the opening of a new Forest Science Department. In 2018, North
Korea made an agreement with the South on forestry co-operation.

Politics of North Korea

The governmental issues of North Korea (formally the Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
happens inside the system of the official state logic, Juche, an idea made by Hwang Jang-yop and
later ascribed to Kim Il-sung. The Juche hypothesis is simply the conviction that dependence and
a solid free state, genuine communism can be accomplished.

North Korea's political framework is based upon the rule of centralization. While the North
Korean constitution formally ensures insurance of human rights, by and by there are serious
cutoff points on opportunity of articulation, and the legislature intently administers the lives of
North Korean natives. The constitution characterizes North Korea as "an autocracy of
individuals' democracy" under the administration of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), which
is given legitimate matchless quality over other ideological groups.

Notwithstanding the gatherings, there are more than 100 mass associations constrained by the
WPK. Those who are not WPK individuals are required to go along with one of these
organizations, the most critical ones are the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League, Socialist
Women's Union of Korea, General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, and Union of
Agricultural Workers of Korea. These four associations are additionally DFRF individuals.

lord II-sung led the nation from 1948 until his demise in July 1994, holding the workplaces of
General Secretary of the WPK from 1949 to 1994 (titled as Chairman from 1949 to 1972),
Premier of North Korea from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to 1994. He was prevailing
by his child, Kim Jong-il. While the more youthful Kim had been his dad's assigned successor
since the 1980s, it took him three years to combine his capacity. He was named to his dad's old
post of General Secretary in 1997, and in 1998 progressed toward becoming director of the
National Defense Commission (NDC), which gave him order of the military. The constitution
was changed to make the NDC chairmanship "the most astounding post in the state."[This quote
needs a citation] in the meantime, the presidential post was worked out of the constitution, and
Kim Il-sung was assigned "Endless President of the Republic" so as to respect his memory until
the end of time. Most investigators trust the title to be a result of the faction of identity he
developed amid his life.

Outside spectators by and large perspectives North Korea as an extremist dictatorship[18]

especially noticing the intricate religion of identity around Kim Il-sung and his family. The
Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), driven by an individual from the decision family,[19] holds
control in the state and leads the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland of
which every political officer are required to be members.The government has formally
supplanted all references to Marxism– Leninism in its constitution with the privately created idea
of Juche, or independence. Lately, there has been incredible accentuation on the Songun or
"military-first" rationality. All references to socialism were expelled from the North Korean
constitution in 2009.

Legal System of North Korea

North Korea has a systematized common law framework, which was acquired from pilgrim
Japan and is like South Korea's framework. There are more than 100 laws and guidelines. The
remote venture laws are very much created and exceptional, and there is an exceedingly created
mediation framework. North Korea has a three-level court framework, in light of the Soviet
model, involving a Central Court, commonplace courts, and region courts. Legal issues are taken
care of by the Central Procurator's Office.

The corrective code depends on the rule of nullum crimen sine lege (no wrongdoing without a
law), yet remains a device for political control notwithstanding a few alterations diminishing
ideological influence. Courts complete lawful methods identified with criminal and common
issues, yet additionally political cases as well. Political detainees are sent to work camps, while
criminal guilty parties are imprisoned in a different framework.

North Korean lawyers must join the Choson Bar Association. The affiliation's Central
Committee decides proficient norms, just as the passing or excluding of lawyers. Lawyers are not
employed by people or offices, yet rather the board of trustees gathers legitimate portrayal
demands and after that allots cases and pays compensations to the chosen one. Be that as it may,
lawyers don't have an imposing business model on giving lawful administrations as anybody
may give portrayal in common or criminal procedures. The Law College at Kim Il Sung
University is the main college level organization that gives lawful education. To 12 years, Mike
Hay was the main remote legal counselor working in North Korea. He detailed winning or
mostly winning 70% of situations while speaking to outside firms.

Demographics of North Korea

The demographics of North Korea are known through national censuses and international
estimates. The Central Bureau of Statistics of North Koreaconducted the most recent census in
2008, where the population reached 24 million inhabitants.[1] The population density is 199.54
inhabitants per square kilometre, and the 2014 estimated life expectancy is 69.81 years. In 1980,
the population rose at a near consistent, but low, rate (0.84% from the two censuses). Since 2000,
North Korea's birth rate has exceeded its death rate; the natural growth is positive. In terms of
age structure, the population is dominated by the 15–64-year-old segment (68.09%). The median
age of the population is 32.9 years, and the gender ratio is 0.95 males to 1.00 female. Nowadays,
North Korean women have on average 2 children, against 3 in the early 1980s.

According to The World Factbook, North Korea is racially homogeneous and contains a
small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese.[3] The 2008 census listed two nationalities:
Korean (99.998%) and Other (0.002%). Korea was annexed by the Empire of Japan in 1910, in
which the Korean Peninsulawas occupied by Japanese. In 1945, when Japan was
defeated in World War II, Korea was divided into two occupied zones: North occupied by
the Soviet Union and the South by the United States. Negotiations on unification failed, and in
1948 two separate countries were formed: North and South Korea.

During the North Korean famine 1994-1998 somewhere between 240,000 and 3,500,000 North
Koreans died from starvation or hunger-related illnesses, with the deaths peaking in 1997.[4][5] A
2011 U.S. Census Bureau report put the likely number of excess deaths during 1993 to 2000 at
from 500,000 to 600,000.
Educational Condition of India

In ancient times, India had the Gurukula system of education in which anyone who wished to
study went to a teacher's (Guru) house and requested to be taught. If accepted as a student by the
guru, he would then stay at the guru's place and help in all activities at home. This not only
created a strong tie between the teacher and the student, but also taught the student everything
about running a house. The guru taught everything the child wanted to learn, from Sanskrit to the
Holy Scriptures and from Mathematics to Metaphysics. The student stayed as long as she wished
or until the guru felt that he had taught everything he could teach. All learning was closely linked
to nature and to life, and not confined to memorizing some information.

The modern school system was brought to India, including the English language, originally by
Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay in the 1830s. The curriculum was confined to “modern”
subjects such as science and mathematics, and subjects like metaphysics and philosophy were
considered unnecessary. Teaching was confined to classrooms and the link with nature was
broken, as also the close relationship between the teacher and the student.

The Uttar Pradesh (a state in India) Board of High School and Intermediate Education was the
first Board set up in India in the year 1921 with jurisdiction over Rajputana, Central India and
Gwalior. In 1929, the Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Rajputana, was
established. Later, boards were established in some of the states. But eventually, in 1952, the
constitution of the board was amended and it was renamed Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE). All schools in Delhi and some other regions came under the Board. It was the
function of the Board to decide on things like curriculum, textbooks and examination system for
all schools affiliated to it. Today there are thousands of schools affiliated to the Board, both
within India and in many other countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Universal and compulsory education for all children in the age group of 6-14 was a cherished
dream of the new government of the Republic of India. This is evident from the fact that it is
incorporated as a directive policy in article 45 of the constitution. But this objective remains far
away even more than half a century later. However, in the recent past, the government appears to
have taken a serious note of this lapse and has made primary education a Fundamental Right of
every Indian citizen. The pressures of economic growth and the acute scarcity of skilled and
trained manpower must certainly have played a role to make the government take such a step.
The expenditure by the Government of India on school education in recent years comes to
around 3% of the GDP, which is recognized to be very low.

“In recent times, several major announcements were made for developing the poor state of
affairs in education sector in India, the most notable ones being the National Common Minimum
Programme (NCMP) of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. The announcements
are; (a) To progressively increase expenditure on education to around 6 percent of GDP. (b) To
support this increase in expenditure on education, and to increase the quality of education, there
would be an imposition of an education cess over all central government taxes. (c) To ensure that
no one is denied of education due to economic backwardness and poverty. (d) To make right to
education a fundamental right for all children in the age group 6–14 years. (e) To universalize
education through its flagship programmes such as Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and Mid Day Meal.

India Education Present Condition:

Soon after gaining independence in 1947, making education available to all had become a
priority for the government. As discrimination on the basis of caste and gender has been a major
impediment in the healthy development of the Indian society, they have been made unlawful by
the Indian constitution.
The 86th constitutional amendment has also made elementary education a fundamental right for
the children between the age group- 6 to 14. According to the 2001 census, the total literacy rate
in India is 65.38%. The female literacy rate is only 54.16%. The gap between rural and urban
literacy rate is also very significant in India. This is evident from the fact that only 59.4% of rural
population are literate as against 80. 3% urban population according to the 2001 census.
In order to develop the higher education system, the government had established the University
Grants Commission in 1953. The primary role of UGC has been to regulate the standard and
spread of higher education in India. There has been a marked progress in the expansion of higher
education if we look at the increase of higher educational institutes in India. The higher
education system in India comprise of more than17000 colleges, 20 central universities, 217
State Universities, 106 Deemed to Universities and 13 institutes of Natioanl importance. This
number will soon inflate as the setting up of 30 more central universities, 8 new IITs, 7 IIMs and
new Indian Institutes of Science are now proposed.
The present education system in India mainly comprises of primary education, secondary
education, senior secondary education and higher education. Elementary education consists of
eight years of education. Each of secondary and senior secondary education consists of two years
of education. Higher education in India starts after passing the higher secondary education or the
12th standard. Depending on the stream, doing graduation in India can take three to five years.
Post graduate courses are generally of two to three years of duration. After completing post
graduation, scope for doing research in various educational institutes also remains open.

Education System in North Korea

North Korea’s education system is very important for all Korean citizens because
the core Korean teachings are infused through education. Students in North Korea
are taught the communist ideology and also the greatness of their leaders such as
Kim Jong II and Kim II Sung through education. The subjects taught are also
directed towards science and technology so as to enable students to be the future
technicians, scientists, and workers that the government can rely on to achieve the
country’s goals. Korean education is made up of kyoyuk which is basically
technical skills and scientific knowledge. It also consists kyoyang which is
indoctrination. Both of these act as the means of transforming the citizens into
reliable communists.

The countries education system is made up of three kinds of schools. The main is
the general school system. The other two schools are schools for continuing
education and schools for special purposes. The education system has preserved its
structure since 1975 when major reforms were done on the system following the
Party’s main policy changes.

The three types of school are discussed in brief below.

 General school system in North Korea (GSS)

The general school system is what is referred to as school systems in other nations
across the globe. It is referred to as general school system so as to differentiate it
from the other types of schools mentioned above. GSS contains kindergarten all
through 10th grade (K-10), elementary schools, secondary schools, and higher
education. his offers students a total of six years of learning and it has two main
levels: the lower-level middle school which is attended by students aged between
10-13 years and it goes for four years; and the higher-level high school that is
completed in two years and it is attended by students aged between 14-15 years.

It is important to note that all universities in the country have to admit a percentage
(twenty to thirty) of soldiers who have been discharged from the army. They need
to have served for over three years. They also admit workers who have been
employed for more than five years.

Also, note that any person who wishes to get acceptance to any higher learning
institution has to be proposed by the local “college recommendation committee”
before they can get approval from the county and provincial level committees.

 Continuing education system in North Korea

The continuing education system is attached to farms, factories, and fishery

cooperatives. The country has also placed a lot of emphasis on continued education
of all citizens. As a result, adult education is supported a lot. All the people in the
country take part in one educational activity or the other and this often takes place
in the form of study groups.

From as early as the 1990s people living in the rural areas were divided into “five-
family teams” and this system has continued to date. These teams have
surveillance and educational purposes; the teams are the obligation of a school
teacher or any other scholar and each is responsible for a number of other similar
teams. Factory and office workers are also expected to have study sessions every
day after work to study technical and political subjects. These study sessions are
usually two hours long.

For peasants and workers who are not able to obtain regular school education,
there can attend “labourer’s schools” and “labourers’ senior middle schools”.
These have, however, become less relevant because of the free and compulsory
education offered by the government in the general school system.

 Special purpose school in North Korea

This education system is for talented and brilliant children and children from the
elite class in the society. The education system is made up of the revolutionary
school also known as the elite school. Students join this join from the age of 5 and
it lasts for 10 years. The other is for schools of arts and sports attended by students
aged between 6 to 18. The other is the schools for foreign language. Students who
attend these schools are aged 10 to 18 years. The last are the schools for science
attended by students aged between 10 to 21.

These three schools have made sure that everyone in the country gets some form of
education thus increasing the country’s literacy rate which has been approximated
to be 100% for citizens aged 15 and above. The schools have also enabled them to
be more productive thus being able to contribute to the country’s goals.

Ethics of North Korea

A journalist said this about ethics in North Korea on record on account as,
Tourism operations in North Korea are not transparent, and this deserves an article on its own.
For brevity’s sake, let’s break down some basic operations. The DPRK has an State-run
organization called the National Tourism Administration (NTA), and they are responsible for
approving or denying permission to visit certain places, as well as crafting tourism narratives for
the country’s more iconic and “holy” sites. The NTA shares the functions of a Ministry of
Tourism, which North Korea does not have.

Activities outside the scope of the NTA can be organized, but they take effort and connections
with other organizations, like the Ministry of Sports, Education, or Trade for example. Anyone
travelling to the DPRK as a tourist, falls under the watch of the NTA, even if their sponsor is not
the NTA-run Korea Inertnational Travel Company (KITC) or any of their subsidiaries
(Chilbosan International Travel Company, Myohyangsan International Travel Company, or
Rason International Travel Company).

“Standard” tourist programs are easy to organize, since all the activities and site visits are already
pre-approved by the NTA. Exchange programs, sports trips, humanitarian visits, business visits,
and other person-to-person activities are theoretically doable, even as tourists, but the approval
process is convoluted, requires further connections, and must be justified. Many foreign agencies
lack these connections to successfully organize these kinds of programs, and many others simply
don’t have the will or marketing power to organize them. These programs increase operational
risk, as tourists and North Korean citizens become more exposed to one another. However, to us
anyway, this is always a risk worth taking with careful management and preparation.

While the NTA approves all tourist programs in the country, they do not have a monopoly on
tourism operations in North Korea. There are a bunch of competitors, and in recent years more
and more keep popping up. Each one of these competitors are run independently of one another
and have different financial streams.

This being said, pricing is more or less standardized across the board, and it is dependent on the
number of tourists travelling in one group, their nationality, and their desired level of
accommodation. By and large, the accepted full-board price paid to North Korean tourism
operators is about 80 Euros ($92 USD) per person, per night for tour groups with at least ten
people. For Chinese and ASEAN citizens, pricing is a bit lower (30-40% lower). Train tickets
from Dandong to Pyongyang cost about 270 RMB ($39) each way, a DPRK tourist visa costs
200-400 RMB ($29-$58) depending on where you get it, and round-trip flights from Beijing cost
anywhere between 2,400-3,900 RMB ($345-$565) depending on the airline and the number of
tickets you’re booking together.

Keep in mind these are the actual prices paid to North Korean partners; foreign agencies add
their own mark up. Special activities, tips, and performance tickets, as well as accommodation
and restaurant upgrades are all charged separately.

So where does the money go? Well that depends on who the North Korean tour operator is. Most
of the funds remain with the operator to pay salaries and cover expenses. However, a significant
percentage of the funds are passed along to the political organ that technically operates the travel
company. In the case of KITC, its political body would be the NTA; with KIYCTC, it’s the
Youth League; with KSITC its the Ministry of Sports, etc. These political groups all own many
businesses, including tourism companies, as a way to finance their activities and expenses. North
Korea may have a planned economy without any official private enterprises, but that does not
mean everything is centrally controlled by the State. Rather the opposite is true, each one of
these organizations is incredibly independent and competitive with one another.

Consultancy of North Korea

*Excessive technology can be counter-productive in new retail.

Moving beyond just a buzz-word, the ‘new retail’ business model has outright boomed in recent
years, most notably driven by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. Striving for the seamless
integration of offline and online shopping channels, together with a mesh of big data, logistics,
marketing and distribution, the emergence of new retail has been undoubtedly enabled by rapidly
evolving intelligent technologies.

But, as Steven Jiang, Managing Partner and Vice President of Shanghai-based product
innovation consultancy S.POINT notes, not all enterprises have the strong technological genes of
Alibaba. Jiang contends as such that enterprises in the new retail space can have a tendency to
over-rely on technology, with its excessive application and misapprehension of the space
producing effects counter to intentions.

*FTI Consulting breaks $2 billion global revenue barrier in 2018

Global business advisory FTI Consulting has closed out its 2018 financial year with record
fourth quarter revenues, the $505 million result narrowly pushing the firm above the $2 billion
full-year barrier for the first ever time. Ending December 31st, FTI scraped over the line with
2018 global revenues of $2.028 billion, up 12.2 percent on the firm’s $1.8 billion take for 2017.

Citing its Corporate Finance & Restructuring and Forensic and Litigation Consulting practices as
the stand-out performers, FTI’s revenues grew across each of its five business segments, which
further include economic consulting, technology, and strategic communications. This growth
across all lines was also reflected in the firm’s fourth quarter results, which were up 8 percent on
the prior year quarter.

As a fourth quarter breakdown, FTI’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring line jumped by 10.9
percent on the prior year quarter to $144.8 million, while the firm’s Forensic and Litigation
Consulting practice was up 9.3 percent to $132.1 million. The firm’s Economic Consulting and
Strategic Communication segments saw more modest gains of 6.1 and 6.7 percent – adding
$128.4 million and $58 million respectively.

*BCG outlines $170 billion FDI potential for Central Asia over next decade
Currently overlooked compared to other developing nations, the Central Asian region –
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan – holds a ten-year foreign
direct investment potential of $170 billion according to a report from leading American strategy
and management firm Boston Consulting Group, with up to $70 billion of that figure in the non-
extractive industries.
The report, released in both English and Russian, contends that Central Asia – home to roughly
70 million people and a domestic market estimated at $150 billion – could attract the significant
FDI sum over the next decade through greater interregional coordination, such as region-wide
infrastructural improvements, the facilitation of cross-border movements, and a harmonised
regulatory landscape.

According to figures cited by the authors, Central Asia’s collective GDP was around $265
billion in 2017 – equivalent to 0.3% of the world’s GDP and comparable to Central America
($255 billion) and Finland ($252 billion) – with the region accounting for 1% of the world’s
population, roughly on par with Thailand or Turkey, while it’s 4 million square kilometer area is
nearly the size of the entire European Union.

Comparison between North Korea and India

Business

India is developing into an open-market economy, yet traces of its past autarkic policies remain.
Economic liberalization measures, including industrial deregulation, privatization of state-owned
enterprises, and reduced controls on foreign trade and investment, began in the early 1990s and
have served to accelerate the country's growth, which averaged under 7% per year since 1997.
India's diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture,
handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries, and a multitude of services. Slightly more than
half of the work force is in agriculture, but services are the major source of economic growth,
accounting for nearly two-thirds of India's output, with less than one-third of its labor force.
India has capitalized on its large educated English-speaking population to become a major
exporter of information technology services, business outsourcing services, and software
workers. In 2010, the Indian economy rebounded robustly from the global financial crisis - in
large part because of strong domestic demand - and growth exceeded 8% year-on-year in real
terms. However, India's economic growth began slowing in 2011 because of a slowdown in
government spending and a decline in investment, caused by investor pessimism about the
government's commitment to further economic reforms and about the global situation. High
international crude prices have exacerbated the government's fuel subsidy expenditures,
contributing to a higher fiscal deficit and a worsening current account deficit. In late 2012, the
Indian Government announced additional reforms and deficit reduction measures to reverse
India's slowdown, including allowing higher levels of foreign participation in direct investment
in the economy. The outlook for India's medium-term growth is positive due to a young
population and corresponding low dependency ratio, healthy savings and investment rates, and
increasing integration into the global economy. India has many long-term challenges that it has
yet to fully address, including poverty, corruption, violence and discrimination against women
and girls, an inefficient power generation and distribution system, ineffective enforcement of
intellectual property rights, decades-long civil litigation dockets, inadequate transport and
agricultural infrastructure, limited non-agricultural employment opportunities, inadequate
availability of quality basic and higher education, and accommodating rural-to-urban migration.

North Korea, one of the world's most centrally directed and least open economies, faces chronic
economic problems. Industrial capital stock is nearly beyond repair as a result of years of
underinvestment, shortages of spare parts, and poor maintenance. Large-scale military spending
draws off resources needed for investment and civilian consumption. Industrial and power output
have stagnated for years at a fraction of pre-1990 levels. Frequent weather-related crop failures
aggravated chronic food shortages caused by on-going systemic problems, including a lack of
arable land, collective farming practices, poor soil quality, insufficient fertilization, and
persistent shortages of tractors and fuel. Large-scale international food aid deliveries as well as
aid from China has allowed the people of North Korea to escape widespread starvation since
famine threatened in 1995, but the population continues to suffer from prolonged malnutrition
and poor living conditions. Since 2002, the government has allowed private "farmers' markets"
to begin selling a wider range of goods. It also permitted some private farming - on an
experimental basis - in an effort to boost agricultural output. In December 2009, North Korea
carried out a redenomination of its currency, capping the amount of North Korean won that could
be exchanged for the new notes, and limiting the exchange to a one-week window. A concurrent
crackdown on markets and foreign currency use yielded severe shortages and inflation, forcing
Pyongyang to ease the restrictions by February 2010. In response to the sinking of the South
Korean destroyer Cheonan and the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea's government
cut off most aid, trade, and bilateral cooperation activities, with the exception of operations at the
Kaesong Industrial Complex. In 2012, KIM Jong Un's first year of leadership, the North
displayed increased focus on the economy by renewing its commitment to special economic
zones with China, negotiating a new payment structure to settle its $11 billion Soviet-era debt to
Russia, and purportedly proposing new agricultural and industrial policies to boost domestic
production. The North Korean government often highlights its goal of becoming a "strong and
prosperous" nation and attracting foreign investment, a key factor for improving the overall
standard of living. Nevertheless, firm political control remains the government's overriding
concern, which likely will inhibit fundamental reforms of North Korea's current economic
system.

Trade

Exports $301.90 billion $4.71 billion

Ranked 19th. 64 times Ranked 116th.
more than North Korea

Exports per capita $244.12 $191.10

 Ranked 148th. 28% Ranked 163th.
more than North Korea

Fiscal year 1 calendar year

GDP > Composition by 18% 47.5%

sector > Industry Ranked 169th. Ranked 17th. 3 times
more than India

GDP > Composition, 65% 33.8%

by sector of origin Ranked 74th. 92% Ranked 168th.
>Services more than North Korea

GDP > Per capita $2,625.09 per capita $1,716.61 per capita
Ranked 130th. 53% Ranked 147th.
more than North Korea

GDP > Per capita >PPP $3,800.00 $1,800.00

Ranked 132nd. 2 times Ranked 163th.
more than North Korea

GDP > Per capita >PPP $0.00 $0.07

per thousand people Ranked 185th. Ranked 170th. 24 times
more than India

GDP > Purchasing $4.72 trillion $40.00 billion

power parity Ranked 3rd. 118 times Ranked 98th.
more than North Korea

GDP > Purchasing $3,355.94 $1,641.24

power parity per capita Ranked 126th. 2 times Ranked 3rd.
more than North Korea

Imports per capita $407.14 $175.79

 Ranked 154th. 2 times Ranked 188th.
more than North Korea

STAT India North Korea HISTORY

Exports >Commodities petroleum products, minerals, metallurgical

precious stones, products, manufactures
machinery, iron and (including armaments),
steel, chemicals, textiles, agricultural and
vehicles, apparel fishery products

Imports $503.50 billion $4.33 billion

Ranked 8th. 116 times Ranked 133th.
more than North Korea

Budget >Expenditures $263.80 billion $3.30 billion

Ranked 17th. 80 times Ranked 1st.
more than North Korea

Budget > Revenues $124.97 per capita $137.33 per capita

> Per capita Ranked 133th. Ranked 132nd. 10%
more than India

Exports > Main exports Agricultural products, Minerals and metals,

textile goods, gems and cement, agricultural
jewellery, software products
services and technology,
engineering goods,
chemicals, leather
products

Budget >Revenues per $141.59 $132.71

capita Ranked 127th. 7% Ranked 129th.
more than North Korea
Debt > External $378.90 billion $12.50 billion
Ranked 27th. 30 times Ranked 6th.
more than North Korea

Debt > External >Per $146.39 per capita $567.90 per capita
capita Ranked 121st. Ranked 16th. 4 times
more than India

GDP > Composition by 65% 29.4%

sector > Services Ranked 4th. 2 times Ranked 11th.
more than North Korea

GDP > Composition by 17% 23.1%

sector >Agriculture Ranked 60th. Ranked 40th. 36%
more than India

Industries textiles, chemicals, food military products;

processing, steel, machine building, electric
transportation power, chemicals; mining
equipment, cement, (coal, iron ore, limestone,
mining, petroleum, magnesite, graphite,
machinery, software, copper, zinc, lead, and
pharmaceuticals precious metals),
metallurgy; textiles, food
processing; tourism

Labor force 482 12

Ranked 18th. 40 times Ranked 113th.
more than North Korea

GDP > Real growth 3.2% 0.8%

rate Ranked 96th. 4 times Ranked 169th.
more than North Korea

Economic freedom 55.2 1.5

 Ranked 119th. 37 times Ranked 176th.
more than North Korea

GDP > Official $1,186.11 $1,148.87

exchange rate per capita Ranked 135th. 3% Ranked 3rd.
more than North Korea

As the stats above mention above India far surpasses that of North Korea so, when
it comes to pure trade and exports India is doing a far better job than North Korea.

This vast difference in trade can also be due to the political system of North Korea
compared to the democratic India.

Education

North
STAT India Korea HISTORY

Child care (preschool) >Duration 3 2

Ranked Ranked
65th. 50% 129th.
more than
North Korea

Child care (preschool) >Starting age 3 5

Ranked Ranked
125th. 4th. 67%
more than
India
 North
STAT India Korea HISTORY

Compulsary education duration 9 11

Ranked Ranked
64th. 28th. 22%
more than
India

Compulsary education starting age 6 6

Ranked Ranked
46th. The 37th.
same as
North Korea

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 11.3 million 390,000

Ranked Ranked
3rd. 29 28th.
times
more than
North Korea

Elementary (primary school) >Duration 5 4

Ranked Ranked
169th. 25% 188th.
more than
North Korea

High school >Lower secondary school duration 3 3

Ranked Ranked
120th. The 81st.
same as
North Korea

High school >Upper secondary school duration 4 3

Ranked Ranked
27th. 33% 51st.
more than
North Korea
 North
STAT India Korea HISTORY

Literacy >Definition age 15 and age 15

over can and over
read and can read
write and write

Literacy > Female 48.3% 99%

Ranked Ranked
131st. 2nd. 2
times
more than
India

Literacy > Male 70.2% 99%

Ranked Ranked
131st. 2nd. 41%
more than
India

Literacy > Total population 59.5% 99%

Ranked Ranked
134th. 2nd. 66%
more than
India

Primary education, duration > Years 5 4

Ranked Ranked
160th. 25% 178th.
more than
North Korea

Secondary education, duration > Years 7 6

Ranked Ranked
50th. 17% 86th.
more than
North Korea
 North
STAT India Korea HISTORY

Tertiary > Students studying abroad 198,512.54 1,383.69

Ranked Ranked
2nd. 143 163th.
times
more than
North Korea

STAT India North

HISTORY
Korea

Scientific and technical journal articles 12,774 1

Ranked Ranked
14th. 12774 160th.
times
more than
North Korea

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 10.49 20.17
Ranked Ranked
92nd. 34th. 92%
more than
India

Elementary (primary school) >Starting age 6 7

Ranked Ranked
96th. 2nd. 17%
more than
India

Secondary school starting age >Years 11 11

Ranked Ranked
156th. The 136th.
same as
North Korea

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand 31.74 41.34
Ranked Ranked
 North
STAT India Korea HISTORY

people 21st. 2nd. 30%

more than
India

Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10 per thousand 188.02 436.75
people Ranked Ranked
21st. 1st. 2
times
more than
India

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level >Per capita 10.77 per 20.59 per
1,000 1,000
people people
Ranked Ranked
90th. 32nd. 91%
more than
India

Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand 0.163 0.0562

people Ranked Ranked
184th. 3 200th.
times
more than
North Korea

Primary education > Duration > Years 5 years 4 years

Ranked Ranked
154th. 25% 167th.
more than
North Korea

Literacy >Literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people 75 84.65

Ranked Ranked
17th. 2nd. 13%
more than
 North
STAT India Korea HISTORY

India

High school >Lower secondary starting age 11 11

Ranked Ranked
161st. The 139th.
same as
North Korea

Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls 38.45% 33.59%

> Tertiary level Ranked Ranked
105th. 14% 65th.
more than
North Korea

Literacy >Illiterates > Aged 30-34 per thousand people 26.86 0.00033
Ranked Ranked
4th. 81407 4th.
times
more than
North Korea

Scientific and technical journal articles per million 11.68 0.0442

Ranked Ranked
70th. 264 171st.
times
more than
North Korea

Literacy >Literates > Aged 15-19 79.46 2.05

million million
Ranked Ranked
1st. 39 1st.
times
more than
North Korea
 North
STAT India Korea HISTORY

STAT India North

HISTORY
Korea

Literacy > Male literates > Aged over 80 1.9 million 24,675
Ranked Ranked
1st. 77 1st.
times
more than
North Korea

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 60-64 per thousand 2.8 23.99
people Ranked Ranked
22nd. 1st. 9
times
more than
India

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 65-69 per thousand 2.03 22.02
people Ranked Ranked
17th. 1st. 11
times
more than
India

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level >Per capita 10.77 per 20.59 per
1,000 1,000
people people
Ranked Ranked
90th. 32nd. 91%
more than
India

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 10.49 20.17
Ranked Ranked
92nd. 34th. 92%
more than
 North
STAT India Korea HISTORY

India

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 55-59 per thousand 3.64 19.77
people Ranked Ranked
22nd. 1st. 5
times
more than
India

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 70-74 per thousand 1.24 17.91
people Ranked Ranked
17th. 1st. 14
times
more than
India

High school >Upper secondary starting age 14 14

Ranked Ranked
186th. The 171st.
same as
North Korea

High school >Lower secondary starting age 11 11

Ranked Ranked
161st. The 139th.
same as
North Korea

Secondary school starting age >Years 11 11

Ranked Ranked
156th. The 136th.
same as
North Korea

Compulsary education duration 9 11

Ranked Ranked
28th. 22%
 North
STAT India Korea HISTORY

64th. more than

India

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 70-74 3.83 million 11

Ranked Ranked
1st. 348419 4th.
times
more than
North Korea

Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10 199.21 10.59

million million
Ranked Ranked
1st. 19 1st.
times
more than
North Korea

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 55-59 10.21 10

million Ranked
Ranked 4th.
1st. 1021054
times
more than
North Korea

Literacy >Illiterates > Aged 20-24 24.03 9

million Ranked
Ranked 4th
1st. 2670298
times
more than
North Korea
As we can all see from the stats above India far surpasses North Korea in terms of education.
North Korea focuses more on practical approach in education and also works on creating a
patriotic feeling towards their nation and their leader. In India there is a part of education that
focuses on the country but in no way is it forced but in North Korea it is not only forced but also
on the verge of brain washing the students.

Indian education system is more focus towards theoretical knowledge and rot memorizing this
curb down the creativity but it successfully caters to the vast population of the country.

As North Korea is a very secretive nation so it is quite difficult to find exactly how the people
feel about their system of education but the stats above clearly shows that when it comes to
educating people of the country India, far surpasses North Korea in that field.