Ministry of education tries to make school bags lighter for students by introducing digital textbook

Smart Interactive Digital Textbook will be launched soon by the Education Ministry. This move is the second wave of the innovation and transformation of digital textbook which is expected to kickstart in 2016 and last up to 2025.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin hopes that through the use of the Smart Interactive Digital Textbook, the teaching, learning, collaborative, and administration processes would be done through virtual learning environment.

"The innovation is part of the ministry's efforts to solve the problems of heavy school bags which have been repeatedly raised by many parents," he said.

The implementation of the digital textbook system would not involve any extra cost for the parents. Instead, all equipment, including the Google Chrome Book, would be given to the school permanently for the convenience of the students.

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