Same thing is happening in China. they are losing the ability to write chinese characters, which even for them requires a long period of study.
For those who study history, being able to read cursive writing is imperative. I truly believe that if it isn’t taught in the schools, it will make it very difficult for future generations to read what was written in script. The number of documents that we have stored electronically, but were originally written in script, is unbelievably large.
What better way to hide the past from those too ignorant to be able to read it?
It would be like reading a foreign language.