PART Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 10 Information Oriented Society and the Role of Education
1 Outline of Policies
Now that various sectors of society have rapidly become more
information oriented, the education sector is no exception in its need to cope
adequately with this change. The Ministry has been taking a variety of measures,
focusing on: 1)the development of information literacy through both formal and
social education; 2)the utilization of new information media for educational
purposes; 3)the training of technicians and other experts who can lead people
in an information oriented society; and 4)the provision of more information equipment
to facilities for education, science and culture, and the sharing of more information
networks among these facilities.