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Austria Plans Later Distribution of Digital School DevicesLaptops and tablets are scheduled for the second half of sixth grade next school year.
- Next school year, laptops and tablets are scheduled for the second half of sixth grade instead of fifth grade.
- The Education Ministry confirmed greater use of analogue materials and expects total savings of €80 million in 2027 and 2028.
- Daily, cross-subject reading practice is also intended to strengthen reading support in Austrian schools.
- Austria’s PISA reading score fell from 480 to 467 points in 2025, the country’s lowest level since the assessment began.
Reading must not be a privilege. There must be mandatory, free reading support for every child—regardless of background or income.— Heinrich Himmer, SPÖ education spokesperson, quoted by Kronen Zeitung
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