Digital textbooks to become a norm in Japan from 2030


TOKYO: Making digital textbooks that will be free and screened by the government is the focus of a draft interim report compiled by a working group for the education minister’s advisory panel.

The report also included a policy to begin using the digital textbooks from the 2030 academic year, when the next curriculum guidelines will be implemented after the School Education Law and other laws are revised.

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