In the face of overwhelming criticism, the People's Education Publishing House issued an apology statement on its official website on the 28th, stating that a special work class has been set up to be fully responsible for the rectification of primary school mathematics textbook illustrations. In addition, the team will be re-selected to draw and replace all the illustrations of the complete set of primary school mathematics textbooks.
China's Ministry of Education announced on its website on May 27 that it requested the People's Education Press to revise and redraw photo retouching service textbook illustrations to ensure that new textbooks will be available starting in the fall semester of 2022. In addition, a team of experts will be formed to review and check. In addition, the Ministry of Education will conduct a comprehensive investigation of textbooks for primary and secondary schools across the country, citing the content of the textbooks, illustrations, etc., and immediately revise if problems are found to ensure that the content conforms to the correct political direction and conforms to the public's aesthetics.
The Ministry of Education of China has set up an investigation team to conduct a thorough investigation, and the results of the investigation will be announced to the public. © 2022 Deutsche Welle Copyright Notice: All contents of this article are protected by copyright law and may not be used without special authorization from Deutsche Welle. Any misconduct will result in recovery and criminal prosecution. This article is reproduced with permission from Deutsche Welle , and the original text is published here