N. Korea farm labor exemptions for top students spark fairness row

N. Korea farm labor exemptions for top students spark fairness row

A Ryanggang province party committee directive exempting top-scoring students from seasonal farm labor mobilization has ignited a fairness dispute among parents, with many arguing that school-level testing used to determine exemptions is too easy to manipulate, a Daily NK source in Ryanggang province said on Monday.  North Korea regularly mobilizes students from senior middle schools — the equivalent of high schools — for agricultural labor duri…

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A Ryanggang province party committee directive exempting top-scoring students from seasonal farm labor mobilization has ignited a fairness dispute among parents, with many arguing that school-level testing used to determine exemptions is too easy to manipulate, a Daily NK source in Ryanggang province said on Monday.  North Korea regularly mobilizes students from senior middle schools […] The post North Korea’s farm labor exemptions for top stude…