Annual Report 2013 1,992 while the number of those who go to full-day alternative educational institutions is 213. It is found that young North Korean defectors have had serious difficulties in adaptation to school life and catching up with their peers in learning. These difficulties are found to come from the difference in learning subjects and school system between the two Koreas, the long hiatus of learning during escaping period including their stay in a third country including China, language and cultural differences between the two countries. The education suspension rate of young North Korean defectors has continuously decreasing, from 6.1% in 2009 to 3.3% in 2012. In the case of high school students, their rate of education suspension has rapidly dropped from 28.1% in 2008 to 4.8% in 2012. Compared with the rate of education suspension of the students in general, or 1.8% in 2012, the rates of young North Korean defectors are still higher. Based on the survey findings, the researchers proposed policy challenges for the improvement of education for young North Korean defectors in Korea. The proposed policy challenges are detailed in the following. First, young North Korean defectors should be guaranteed the right of selecting education they need during the initial adaptation process, should be given an opportunity to take the advantage of various educational programs developed for them, and should be given the right of education fit to the types of young North Korean defectors. Second, the right of access to education at school should be guaranteed for young North Korean defectors. For this, a lot of efforts should be 82 ▪▪▪ Part II. Major Activities of the Commission