Offer high school students free digital textbooks, viewable on a tablet

The Sud Region is doing everything possible to ensure that students benefit from the best learning conditions and is continuing the digital transition of establishments, now offering high school students free digital textbooks, viewable on a tablet.

Since the start of the 2019 school year, the Region has provided high school students and teachers with digital textbooks on a tablet to allow reading without the need for a permanent connection.

Second and first-year students since September 2019 enrolled in the 86% of high schools in the Region that have opted for digital textbooks. Terminale students will benefit from them at the start of the 2020 school year.

Enable all new forms of teaching with the use of identical equipment, integrating all new programs, for all high school students.

Advantages

• For students:
  • A lighter school bag.
  • An enriched textbook: the digital version of the textbook offers many additional resources (videos, sounds, animations) and interactive features.
  • Better accessibility for students with special educational needs: Texts can be zoomed or listened to, colors and fonts changed, etc.
  • Online access from any internet-connected point.
  • The ease of retrieving a…