Use of foreign textbooks under scrutiny   

教育部调查原版洋教材使用 多为人文社科类专业

教育部部长袁贵仁提出“加强对西方原版教材的使用管理”的两个月，北京青年报记者从相关渠道获知，日前，北京多所高校对本校境外教材的使用情况进行了紧急摸底，摸底对象中既有“985”、“211”类部属高校，也含一般市属高校、高职高专学校等各层次院校.[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.