In Serbia, free school books disrupt a foreign-dominated market
In Serbia, free school books disrupt a foreign-dominated market March 10, 2021 A foundation in Serbia is offering schoolchildren free textbooks as PDF downloads. But not everyone is happy. A proverbial storm in a teacup is raging in Serbia, over a charity foundation’s decision to offer free elementary school textbooks in PDF format. Criticism of the Alek Kavčić Foundation, led by a Serbian Carnegie Mellon professor, is coming primarily from the Association of Textbook Publishers of Serbia, which represents the interests of the country’s private publishers. In Serbia, primary and seconda...