Corrections imposed over controversial textbook

Drawing attention: One of the many illustrations from the math textbook that were deemed ugly and inappropriate. — China Daily/ANN

Beijing: Twenty-seven people have been punished by the Ministry of Education for dereliction of duty after textbook illustrations published by People’s Education Press caused a public outcry for being ugly and containing inappropriate material, the ministry said on Monday.

“Huang Qiang, Party secretary and head of People’s Education Press, was given a serious warning and demerit, while the editor-in-chief of the publisher, Guo Ge, was removed from the post and given a serious warning and demerit,” the ministry said in a release.