AI textbooks targeted for phaseout under new government

Following Korea’s presidential transition, significant changes are expected in education policy, as President Lee Jae-myung appears poised to halt the rollout of AI-powered digital textbooks. Once championed as a flagship initiative by former President Yoon Suk Yeol, the program now faces a potential phaseout under the new administration, with Lee pledging to overhaul or significantly scale it back. The government’s decision to withdraw AI digital textbooks from the official curriculum has created uncertainties for schools that have already integrated the program, fueling concerns over potential disruption and the squandering of public resources. Since March, AI-powered digital textbooks have been introduced for third and fourth graders in elementary school, as well as first-year students in middle and high school. Of the 11,932 schools nationwide, only 3,870 — about 32 percent — chose to adopt AI textbooks as official learning materials, according to education authorities. Previously, Yoon had planned for the full-scale adoption of AI digital textbooks in all schools nationwide

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