The government panel on educational reconstruction proposed Thursday doubling the page counts of Japanese-language, science and English textbooks to enrich education.
In its report to Prime Minister Taro Aso, the panel said mathematics texts should include more practice exercises so students can study by themselves outside of class.
Japanese-language textbooks need to carry more excellent writing by great literary figures, while those of English should contain newspaper articles and masterly speeches, the panel said in the report.