PYONGYANG, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Pyongyang Triumph Kindergarten is a cradle of child prodigy. Many kids in the kindergarten have won medals in diverse national competitions.

    Its 36 six-year-old children performed one-wheel trick-cycling in a mass gymnastic performance last year to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Their wonderful skills have won thunderous applause from the audience.

    The DPRK published a national children education law in April 1974, and modified it in March 1999. Under the law, to "grant the best ones to children" has become a national consensus.

    Children are called "the king of the nation" in the DPRK. It is said that when the DPRK suffered economic difficulties in the mid-1990s and even the basic supply of food and electricity was extremely difficult, the production in the Pyongyang Children's Food Factory had never stopped, as top leader Kim Jong Il insisted that there was no bargaining on the food for children.

    The education system of the DPRK, a combination of compulsory education and genius education, facilitates the selection of gifted children. Almost every kindergarten across the country has set up the "special class" to discover and cultivate talented children.

    Ri Seung Ben, born in an ordinary worker's family, is a beneficiary of the system. Ri loved painting so much that he often watched something closely and drew it with finger. When he was five years old, his painting talent was detected by teachers of his kindergarten. Then he was sent to the painting panel of the Mangyongdae Children's Palace to further his skills.

    Under meticulous training, Ri made rapid progress at the children's palace. His work "Sunday" won a gold medal at an Asian children's painting festival when he was 9 years old. After that, his painting "dance welcoming spring" won a silver prize at an international painting competition.

    Choi Ok Gyong, entitled "little musician," is another example of the success of the education. Her teacher discovered her talent on writing after she wrote a concise poem in her kindergarten, and began to give her special training both on literature and music. After two years of training, the then six-year-old girl composed dozens of children's songs, one of which was collected in the Encyclopedia of Korean Songs.

    Nursery teachers' selfless and industrious dedication enables the success of the little painters, musicians and calligraphers in the DPRK. Most of the teachers graduated from normal universities' special training courses for nursery teachers.

    Hong Mi Hyang, a nursery teacher of the Pyongyang Triumph Kindergarten, said many kids' talents were discovered by their teachers, instead of their parents.

    And in response to the parents' gratitude, "our reply is always 'we treat all kids as our own,'" she said.