The Ministry of Education makes every effort to do a good job in the investigation and rectification of teaching materials for primary and secondary schools.

　　Cctv newsAccording to the website of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Education attaches great importance to the illustration of the primary school mathematics textbook of People’s Education Publishing House, and makes a comprehensive investigation and rectification of the illustrations and contents of the national primary and secondary school textbooks and extracurricular reading materials to ensure the correct political direction and value orientation, carry forward the excellent Chinese culture, and conform to the aesthetic habits of the public.

　　After the investigation and rectification work started, the Ministry of Education organized nearly 350 experts from the Expert Committee of the State Textbook Committee to conduct a comprehensive review of 359 sets of 2,487 national curriculum textbooks used in primary and secondary schools. The provincial education administrative departments set up special classes for investigation and rectification, organized special forces to conduct a comprehensive review of local curriculum textbooks for primary and secondary schools and teaching AIDS recommended by provincial education administrative departments, and conducted a comprehensive investigation of extracurricular reading materials entering primary and secondary schools. At the same time, ordinary colleges and vocational colleges proofread the teaching materials used in schools, and publishing units conduct a comprehensive self-examination of all published teaching materials and extracurricular reading materials. On the basis of comprehensive self-examination, the Ministry of Education and provincial education administrative departments also conducted key spot checks. For the problems found, we have timely guided and urged the writing and publishing units to seriously complete the revision. At present, teaching materials and teaching AIDS have been printed and distributed. Since late July, the Office of the State Council Education Steering Committee has carried out special supervision on the investigation and rectification work, covering 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and comprehensively urged and inspected the implementation and effectiveness of various investigation and rectification tasks.

　　In addition, in view of the problem of teaching materials reflected by the society through special mailboxes, the Ministry of Education has established a 24-hour disposal mechanism, in which mail is checked in time by special personnel, classified and registered one by one, and ledger management is implemented. As of August 21st, a total of 1,780 emails reflecting the problems of teaching materials were received, and special forces were organized to analyze and judge the emails, which were classified and fed back to relevant publishing units and responsible departments for research and handling. Improving the quality of teaching materials is a process of continuous improvement. In the next step, the Ministry of Education will further broaden channels, listen to opinions and suggestions from front-line teachers, students and parents, improve the daily revision mechanism, and constantly improve and perfect teaching materials. All sectors of the society are welcome to continue to make comments and suggestions at any time through the fast response channel of textbook problems (e-mail: jcwt@moe.edu.cn).