CHAPTER SUPPLY OF TEACHERS ANDPROVISION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES
3 Assistance in Encouragement of School Attendance
(2) Free Provision of School Textbooks to Pupils
Free provision of school textbooks has been established as a
permanent systern on the basis of the Law concerning Free Provision or Textbooks
for Schools of Compulsory Education enacted in 1963. This system is to be gradually
put into practice according to a long-term yearly plan with the aim of free distribution
of school textbooks to all the pupils of national, public and private schools
of compu1sory education. The free supply of textbooks was made to the first graders
of elementary school in 1963 as the first year, and in 1964 it was extended to
the pupils of the second and third grade of elementary schools.
The situation in various countries of the system of free provision
of school textbooks to pupils at the compulsory education level, shows that school
textbooks are either provided free of charge or on a free loan basis, as shown
in the following table:
Table 45. Countries Providing School Textbooks Free to
Pupils
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