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On August 22, the official website of the Ministry of Education released a report on the investigation and handling of the illustrations of the primary school mathematics textbooks issued by the People’s Education Publishing House. In addition, the redrawing of the illustrations of the primary school mathematics textbooks of the People’s Education Society has been completed; the Ministry of Education stated that it will make every effort to do a good job in the investigation and rectification of the teaching aids of primary and secondary school textbooks. The following is the original text of the notice.
The Ministry of Education notified the investigation and handling of the problem of illustrations in primary school mathematics textbooks by the People’s Education Publishing House
In May 2022, the illustration of the eleventh set of primary school mathematics textbooks by the People’s Education Publishing House (hereinafter referred to as the People’s Education Press) has received widespread attention from the society. The Party Group of the Ministry of Education attaches great importance to it, and established an investigation and disposal working group with the main responsible comrade of the Party group as the leader and 2 members of the Party group as the deputy leaders. Through interviews with relevant personnel, access to original materials, and listening to mathematics, ideology, art, etc. Expert opinions, soliciting the opinions of front-line mathematics and art teachers, etc., have been carefully investigated and verified. The relevant information is hereby notified as follows:
After investigation, there are three main problems in the illustrations of textbooks. First, it is not aesthetically pleasing, and there is a gap between it and the fundamental requirements of Lide Shuren. The overall style of painting does not conform to public aesthetic habits, and some of the illustrated characters are ugly and have poor mental outlook, which does not properly reflect the sunny image of Chinese children. Second, it is not serious and normative, and there are even errors in individual illustrations. There are too many illustrations, some illustrations are not of high professional standards, and some illustrations have scientific and normative problems. Third, it is not meticulous and accurate, and some illustrations are easily misunderstood. Some illustrations are rough drawn, some lines are drawn and elements are selected improperly, and the proportions of the pictures are not harmonious. At the same time, it was also found that some problematic illustrations circulated on the Internet were not illustrations of primary school mathematics textbooks of the People’s Education Society, and the relevant departments have included them in a comprehensive investigation and rectification.
After investigation, it was found that the People’s Education Society, as a textbook compilation unit, had not implemented the relevant decisions and arrangements of the central government in a comprehensive and thorough manner, had not fully understood the educational function of textbook illustrations, the selection system of illustration authors was not perfect and non-standard, and the implementation of the three-review and three-school system of textbooks was inadequate. Strict, the internal error correction system is not perfect, the readers’ opinions are not taken seriously, and the problems existing in the illustrations are not carefully investigated and rectified in a timely manner. When organizing experts to review teaching materials, the Teaching Materials Bureau of the Ministry of Education lacked sufficient guidance and supervision, and did not supervise the inspection and rectification of teaching materials problems in place.
After investigation, it was found that there was no problem of economic benefit transmission between the relevant personnel of the People’s Education Society, Wu Yong, the illustrator, and Lv Jingren, the general counselor of the overall design and art of the textbook.
In accordance with the “Accountability Regulations of the Communist Party of China”, “Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China”, “The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Administrative Sanctions for Public Officials” and other relevant regulations, the relevant units and 27 persons who are negligent in their duties will be seriously investigated and held accountable. The details are as follows:
Instruct the Party Committee of the People’s Education Publishing House to rectify and criticize it in a circular; give Huang Qiang, the Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the People’s Education Publishing House, a serious warning within the party and a serious demerit; Major demerits will be punished and dismissed; the person in charge will be given a serious warning from the party, a major demerit will be punished, and the party will be dismissed; the main person in charge of the primary school math editing room will be given a serious warning, demerit, and dismissal; the other 17 people will be given corresponding disciplinary actions and organization. The Ministry of Education’s Teaching Materials Bureau was ordered to rectify and criticized in a circular; the director Tian Huisheng was given warnings and demerits within the party; 5 relevant personnel including the person in charge were given corresponding disciplinary sanctions and organized treatment.
Illustrators and designers will be dealt with accordingly, and Wu Yong, cover designers Lv Min, Lv Jingren and their studios will no longer be hired to engage in national textbook design, illustration drawing and other related work.
We sincerely thank all circles of society for their concern, criticism and supervision of the textbook work. The Ministry of Education will adhere to and strengthen the party’s overall leadership over teaching materials, continuously improve and strictly implement the relevant systems for the preparation, review, use, maintenance and supervision of teaching materials, ensure that the construction of teaching materials always adheres to the correct political direction and value orientation, and effectively build Bacon An excellent teaching material for casting soul, enlightening wisdom and increasing wisdom, and adapting to the requirements of the times.
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