According to the Anhui Provincial Department of Education, Anhui recently set up a textbook committee aiming to coordinate and promote the teaching material compiling work. According to reports, the Anhui Provincial Textbook Committee is headed by a related person of the Anhui Provincial Government. And 17 units, including the Publicity Department of Anhui provincial Party committee, Network Information Office of Anhui provincial Party committee, and Anhui Provincial Development and Reform Commission, serve as members. To improve the scientific and professional level of the teaching materials, the Anhui Provincial Textbook Committee consists of three sub-committees: the Anhui Provincial Primary and Secondary School Textbook Examination Committee, the Anhui Provincial Vocational College Textbook Review Committee, and the Expert Committee of Anhui Provincial Textbook Committee. Among them, the expert committee is responsible for organizing experts to carry out professional work on the compilation of teaching materials and to provide professional guidance and services to the local government and curriculum reform of middle and primary schools and colleges. In recent years, Anhui has paid attention to the top-level design of teaching materials in the province, formulated guidelines for universities and middle and primary schools to compile textbooks, and issued the implementation rules for primary and secondary schools, ordinary colleges, vocational colleges, and overseas teaching materials selected by the schools to strengthen the management of textbooks. According to the "Implementation Plan for new curriculum and new teaching materials for ordinary high schools in Anhui Province", from the autumn semester of this year, all grades of ordinary high schools will use the new curriculum and new teaching materials.
Reported by Wang Ruihua Edited and translated by Zheng Chen
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