punish the officer “Chinese Government Publishing House” 27 people with the most scandalous illustration of textbooks
punish the officer – Bloomberg and Straits Times China’s Ministry of Education said it had taken action against 27 officials of the Ministry of Education. People’s Education Press Publishing government publishing house Of these, some have been blamed. and some were fired from their positions.
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According to the offense of improperly designing and publishing illustrations of elementary school textbooks. Until a widespread criticism of the authorities in May last year.
As part of the ministry’s statement, “The overall illustration is inconsistent with the values of the public. Some cartoon characters are ugly. represents a bad spirit bad role model and does not reflect the good image of our children in our country.” Meanwhile, the redesigned textbooks will be used in the semester starting in September.
China has punished more than two dozen education officials over a series of math textbooks drawings that an investigation found portrayed the nation’s children as “ugly.” In May, the country’s biggest textbook publisher issued a public apology on its official WeChat account after being ordered to redesign its materials for the semester starting in September. /weibo/
The Ministry of Education said in a statement that some 27 officials from the state-owned publisher had been reprimanded or dismissed over illustrations that had “fallen short of the fundamental requirements of moral education.” “The overall style of the illustrations do not conform to the aesthetic tastes of the public,” the ministry said. “Some illustrated characters are ugly, show poor spirit and style, and do not reflect a positive image of our nation’s children.” /weibo/
China’s Ministry of Education has ordered a state-owned publisher to change illustrations in a set of its primary school textbooks after widespread public criticism that the pictures were ugly, pornographic and racist. People’s Education Press must “rectify and reform” the publications. /weibo/
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