Poland: Cyfrowa szkoła (Digital School)
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Policy Title: Polish governmental program "Cyfrowa szkoła" (Digital School) - Go to the policy
Author(s): Ministry of Education, Poland
Policy Comments:
The "Cyfrowa szkoła" program is the first major Polish governmental program to include free licensing rules. The policy decision to construct the program in such manner should be seen in the context of a broader policy initiative to introduce openness of content produced or funded by public institutions. Previously, several other governmental programs have included open licensing conditions, albeit at a smaller scale, or for programs not explicitly set up for content creation (for example, a cultural education grant program run by the Ministry of Culture provided preferential treatment for projects using open licensing; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs uses CC licenses in its development aid grant program).
The policy applies to two types of content to be produced within the program: textbooks and other educational content. Firstly, 18 textbooks will be produced, covering covering early integrated education (grades 1-3) and 13 basic curriculum subjects, for all levels of education (elementary, middle and high school - grades 9-12). Secondly, additional - currently unspecified - resources will be created and published at Scholaris, a national educational resources platform.
The provisions of the program include: - open licensing of all educational content produced within the program, under CC Attribution (CC BY) or another license meeting the free license definition - the resources will be made available in at least one open technical format (with its specification made available without legal or technical constraints) - for content made available online (through http / https protocol), it will be made available in line with current WCAG guidelines