Use of foreign textbooks under scrutiny   

教育部調查原版洋教材使用 多為人文社科類專業

教育部部長袁貴仁提出“加強對西方原版教材的使用管理”的兩個月，北京青年報記者從相關渠道獲知，日前，北京多所高校對本校境外教材的使用情況進行了緊急摸底，摸底對象中既有“985”、“211”類部屬高校，也含一般市屬高校、高職高專學校等各層次院校.[查看全文]

(ECNS) - Universities and colleges in Beijing have begun to examine their use of foreign textbooks and ask teachers to fill in related questionnaires, following a notice issued by the Ministry of Education in early March, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Tuesday.

Earlier, the newspaper ran a report saying that no restrictions had been implemented on the use of foreign textbooks in original languages at the start of the new semester.

At a seminar held on Jan. 29, education minister Yuan Guiren delivered a speech on the central government's requirements to improve the publicity and ideological work of Chinese colleges and universities. The minister discussed measures including tightening up management of the use of foreign textbooks, the paper said.

Teachers were asked to fill in a set of questionnaires, with separate forms designed for the humanities and social sciences, including journalism, politics, economics, sociology and history, said the report.

One question asks, "Has there been any case of using original foreign textbooks without getting approval from the school since 2012? If yes, then how were the cases addressed and how did the school punish those held responsible?"

The Ministry of Education issued the notice on March 3, asking local education authorities to file reports to the department before March 13 on the use of foreign textbooks in five selected local colleges and universities representing key national universities, ordinary schools and private schools under their jurisdiction.