South Korea plans to withdraw printed textbooks from schools by 2015

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South Korea plans to digitize all textbooks which are in use by Korean schools by 2015 (Image: San Jose Library via Flickr)

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South Korean ministry of education has announced a ground-breaking plan to digitize all textbooks in Korean schools and thus completely phase out printed materials by 2015. This opens a huge market for manufacturers of tablet PCs or smartphones as the Korean education ministry has revealed it will spend US$2.4 billion on buying appropriate devices and digitizing content for them.

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