By 1953, the United Nations, Korean Reconstruction Agency
(UNKRA) had allocated nearly $8,500,000 to rebuild South Korea's
educational system. This year, if enough funds are forthcoming,
the Agency plans to spend another $2,875,000 for the same
purpose. Some 300,000 textbooks have been bought for the drive
against illiteracy. More than 3,000 tons of paper have been
imported to print another 38,000,000 textbooks. The Government
of Korea and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) worked with UNKRA on a textbook
printing plant near Seoul. This plant, which opened on 16
September, is expected to have produced about 15,000,000
textbooks by the end of the year. This picture shows the
distribution of new books to a class of young Korean
schoolchildren.