There are numerous points of comparison of the features of personality education in
each country. South Korea pursues an educational purpose that values respect for the
individual, personal liberty and one's ability. In contrast, the North, with its basis of
collectivism, is more likely to emphasize the consciousness of a group-structure devoted
to the party, the revolution, and service to the nation and society. The formation of
personality and the methods for such education in each country have contradictory aspects
when compared. North Korea practices educational methods and content that are
systematically coincident with the educational purposes of communism. South Korea has
the characteristic of directing with a relatively free and voluntary method based on the
principles of liberalism and individualism. In spite of these differences in early childhood
education, a similarity between the two is that both put importance on the fundamental
standards of life and moral character as the goal of school education. In the Education
Law in South Korea, this is stated as love liberty and respect responsibility, the spirit of
cooperation, affection, faith, and respect, and thrift and endeavor with carefulness. Also,
fellowship, public morality, and detailed work are presented. In North Korea, these
standards of morality are included as a part of communist morality. Even so, the detailed
standards of morality include the general morality that is common with the South. As
moral standards stated as general values, students are supposed to be taught to have
respect for common property, to have courtesy and live with hygiene and culture, love
the nation and people, put value on the people's tradition and inheritance, properly use
desks and chairs, and frugally keep the economy and livelihood of the nation. Also, in the
textbook of Communist Morality, courtesy to adults, respect for parents, and courtesy
towards neighbors and friends are also emphasized as well in the South, and it shows
that North Korea puts importance on general standards of morality.