A recent national conference of top officials in North Korean education ranked some of the country’s top universities, party daily the Rodong Sinmun reported Monday, as well as condemning some schools for “whining” and the continued shortcomings in the sector.

The meeting, conducted “in a format of a video conference,” saw officials from across the country assess “the achievement, experience, and lessons in accomplishing the party’s educational policies,” the newspaper reported.

Kim Il Sung University, Kim Chaek University of Technology, and Pyongyang Medical University were ranked as North Korea’s top national universities, it continued.

Medical schools in Chongjin, Sinuiju,