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PART 2 Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 9 Information Oriented Society and the Education Sector
2 Development of Information Literacy


If people are to adapt themselves properly to an information oriented society, it is necessary to help them develop their information literacy, which means the ability to positively use information and information media, through formal and non-formal education. At the same time, it is also necessary to develop in people information ethics which provide basic rules for leading the information oriented society towards a definite desirable direction.

Regarding the development of information literacy through elementary and secondary education, in the revised Course of Study for Lower Secondary Schools published in March 1989, the Ministry created a subject area named "Basics for Information" within Industrial Arts and Homemaking. In addition, in 1990 the Ministry introduced new "subsidies for the furnishing of computers for educational purposes." Through various means, the Ministry has been striving to provide schools with computers and other information equipment and to expand the in-service training of teachers with regard to information processing teaching.

Institutions of higher education carry out specialized education and research regarding information science. In order to enrich educational programs for enabling all students to develop information literacy, the Ministry has been progressively providing individual institutions with equipment for information processing education.

In non-formal education for adults and youths, lectures on how to use micro-computers and word processors are offered through: lecture courses for developing information literacy; extension courses at universities, upper secondary schools and special training schools; youth classes; women's classes; and adults' classes. In recent years there have been an increasing number of computer courses offered by cultural centers in the private sector.


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