Recently, the PEP mathematics textbook was roast by netizens that the illustrations were too ugly, and the characters' mouths were crooked and squinted, which was also noticed by the authorities On May 26, the people's Education Publishing House issued a note on the illustrations of primary school mathematics textbooks, saying that recently, the people's Education Publishing House paid attention to the online opinions on the covers and illustrations of primary school mathematics textbooks, timely organized experts to study carefully, and humbly accepted the good opinions and suggestions from all walks of life
Officials said that at present, they have begun to redraw the covers and some illustrations of relevant mathematics textbooks, improve the painting style, improve the artistic level, and give full play to the educational role of the covers and illustrations of textbooks. At the same time, we will draw inferences from one instance to comprehensively evaluate the covers and illustrations of the published textbooks, so as to further improve the design quality.
According to the screenshot of netizens, the vice page of the textbook shows that the illustrations (including the cover) are designed by Beijing Wu Yong design studio. According to the encyclopedia, Wu Yong, graduated from the decoration Department of the Central Academy of Arts and crafts (formerly the Academy of fine arts of Tsinghua University), majoring in book binding, is a famous designer.
On May 23, the Ministry of education and other five departments issued the guiding opinions on the accountability of teaching materials. In view of the main responsibility problems existing in the preparation, review, publication, printing and distribution, selection and use of teaching materials for primary, middle and primary schools, they clarified the accountability situation and treatment methods, and implemented full coverage, full chain and standardized responsibility management.
It is worth mentioning that the staff of the textbook Bureau of the Ministry of education told Jimu news that they have been concerned about the matter and have been involved in the investigation**
