Textbook

Deputies unanimously with 190 "in favor" adopted in the second reading a draft law on amendments and additions to the law on preschool and school education. The bill introduces free textbooks for students from grades 1 to 12.

As the new school year starts in Poland, the ruling party is overhauling the social studies curriculum supposedly to improve students' historical consciousness. But with a single new textbook, critics warn this is no less than an attempt to indoctrinate youth.

The closure of schools due to the pandemic has become one of the most discussed issues that has divided parents. Is distance learning effective enough? Are there suitable online materials for it?

A boost to education, or a rushed move that could damage children's skills? Why North Macedonia's plan to replace old-style paper textbooks has caused uproar.

An average of 7.6 books are produced per person in Turkey, recent Culture and Tourism Ministry numbers showed.

A total of 633 million physical books were produced in Turkey in 2020, making the number of physical books produced per person 7.6, according to data from the General Directorate of Copyright of the Ministry.

The non-governmental Coalition Margini together with the Network for Protection against Discrimination has filed a lawsuit, demanding the removal of a university textbook that blames women for the rising number of divorces, condemns abortion and classifies same-sex partnerships as debauchery.

She told TV Pink that she had a meeting with Education Minister Mladen Sarcevic and his team early this morning to discuss testing the distance learning system and remove any interference.

The government approved additional transfers amounting to BGN 22 643 942, distributed by municipalities, for the purchase of cognitive books, textbooks, access to electronically readable textbooks, school kits and school aids for children and students in municipal kindergartens and schools for 2019.

588 municipal schools will be equipped with 111 000 school lockers. In them the students will keep their textbooks, teaching aids and other materials, as well as physical education and personal belongings.

State and municipal schools where pupils from the first to the seventh grade are eligible to apply for co-financing for the purchase of school lockers, the Education Ministry said yesterday. The envisaged funds amount to BGN 2.9 million under module "Provision of school lockers" to the national program "Providing a modern educational environment".