Hoping to respond to the growing needs of working with online technology to survive a fast-changing world, the education ministry is considering launching a research project next fiscal year on using digital textbooks in schools.
Experts say, however, the ministry should thoroughly examine the influence of electronic devices on children's health and shouldn't rush to introduce the new technology.
"Fostering students' abilities to utilize information means bringing up those who can independently collect, judge, express, process, create, emit and convey necessary information," the ministry said in a draft proposal for its "Information-Oriented Vision of Education."