Public high school students in the first grade have to pay 50,000 yen for Windows 8 tablet device from 2014, Saga Prefectural Board of Education announced.
Every student who will enter public high school in the prefecture will be required to buy this "standard teaching material".
デジタル教科書 大きい負担 佐賀県の県立高校、教材のタブレット代5万円は自己負担、教科書費用は別途必要 ―ハフィントンポスト
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