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    The government of Pakistan plans to replace free textbooks with e-readers in schools to reduce costs and the heavy backpacks students carry. An e-reader device that costs around 3000 PKR could be developed locally and provided to each student, containing educational materials and allowing for easy updating of the standardized national syllabus. This digital transformation would save money on textbooks, encourage paper reduction, and help implement a single curriculum across the country in a more cost-effective way for the government. Most students already prefer digital books on their phones and find them more engaging than print, indicating e-readers could be a feasible and beneficial replacement for textbooks.

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    The government of Pakistan plans to replace free textbooks with e-readers in schools to reduce costs and the heavy backpacks students carry. An e-reader device that costs around 3000 PKR could be developed locally and provided to each student, containing educational materials and allowing for easy updating of the standardized national syllabus. This digital transformation would save money on textbooks, encourage paper reduction, and help implement a single curriculum across the country in a more cost-effective way for the government. Most students already prefer digital books on their phones and find them more engaging than print, indicating e-readers could be a feasible and beneficial replacement for textbooks.

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    GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN TO REPLACE

    FREE BOOKS WITH E-READERS IN SCHOOLS


    Assignment 1

    Submitted by: Ahmed Raza Mughal


    Registration no.: 180501028
    Class: ME07
    Department: Mechanical
    Course: Economics and Engineering Optimization
    Submitted to: Dr. Waleed Kazi

    INSTITUTE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY, ISLAMABAD


    October 29, 2021.
    REPLACEING FREE BOOKS WITH E-READERS

    Problem/Operation/Issue: In govt. schools of Pakistan, students


    are provided with free books that costs govt a lot. Also, children have to
    tow massive bags of books every day to school and from school.

    Optimized solution: As a matter of fact, in today’s digital era, the


    advancement of information and communication technology has already
    shifted teaching-learning paradigm rapidly. Thus, making the syllabus
    compact into an E-Reader (a robust tablet) might solve this issue.

    Implementation:

    • Govt. can collaborate with local mobile manufacturing industries to develop a robust
    and economical device because an E-Reader will just have to display books along other
    basic features. It may not even require a camera.
    • Provide every student an E-Reader with a special educational sim card in it. For this
    govt. can collaborate with telecom companies. Doing this, every student can have
    access to books and other available literature. And cost for an E-Reader has been
    estimated to be 3000 PKR while an average bag pack costs more than this now.
    • Keep the syllabus UpToDate and same all over the country. Leaving the old syllabus
    behind that had “floppy discs” and “what is a mouse?” type topics.
    • Encourage the publishing companies to participate in this program

    Economic Advantages:

    • “One nation, one syllabus” can be implemented


    • Syllabus can be updated easily
    • Students don’t have to carry heavy bags
    • We can reduce the paper utilization
    • Burden of free books on Govt. of Pakistan will reduced
    • Since, there is a relatively small portion for education system in the annual budged of
    Pakistan. Digitalization or collaboration with other industries may help to cover more
    thing altogether.

    Feasibility: Most of the high school students already agree that the digital books applied on
    their smart phone are necessity for today which they may access anywhere and anytime with
    ease. Besides, the product also proves that digital material is more motivating, engaging, and
    fun than the conventional one. Thus, E-Readers can have more good than harm.

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