Twenty-seven people have been punished by the Ministry of Education for dereliction of duty after textbook illustrations published by the People's Education Press caused public uproar for being ugly and containing inappropriate material, the ministry said on Monday.
在人民教育出版社出版的教材的插图因人物形象丑陋、内容选择不当而引起公众愤怒之后，教育部于本周一宣布，共有27人因失职失责受到了该部门的处罚pJ(*e@78VcNV)。
Huang Qiang, Party chief and head of People's Education Press, was given serious warning and demerit, while the Editor-in-Chief of the publisher Guo Ge was removed from the post, issued a serious warning and demerit, the ministry said in a release.
教育部在一份通报中表示，给予人民教育出版社党委书记、社长黄强党内严重警告、记大过处分；给予出版社总编辑郭戈党内严重警告、记大过处分，免职处理Mm|Q5;sRxeLJGI0。
Two other people were also removed from their posts and 17 others were given disciplinary punishment.
另有2人受到免职处理，17人受到相应纪律处分&y)Um5DtbfFZ[。
Tian Huisheng, director of the ministry's Department of National Textbook, was issued warning and demerit by the ministry.
给予教育部教材局局长田慧生党内警告、记过处分lDRh0WfBtMP=cc。
Three people, Wu Yong, Lyu Min and Lyu Jing and their studios that were responsible for designing the textbook illustrations, are no longer allowed to design national textbooks.
此外，吴勇、吕旻、吕敬及他们曾从事设计教材插图的工作室，不再负责国家教材的设计lCqUr2|vEqHT^nK。
The cartoon illustrations in math textbooks used by primary school students caused an outcry after they were posted by netizens in May
今年5月，一套小学生使用的数学教材的卡通插图，在被网友发布后引发了强烈抗议

and hashtags on the illustrations became top trending topics on social media platforms for days.
而带有插图的标签，多日来一直是社交媒体平台上的热门话题I4)~cL|O-Jk)。
Many people found the images offensive and unpleasant as students had small eyes, weird facial expressions and smiles,
许多网友指出，这些插图令人反感和不适，画中学生的眼睛很小，面部表情和笑容都很怪异，
and readers could even see the shape of male private parts through the pants of the illustrated boys.
读者甚至可以通过插图男孩的裤子，看到男性私处的形状wt|(TQgUNMe+a(Zxy。
Headed by senior officials of the ministry, it launched a thorough investigation into the incident.
教育部高级官员带头，对该事件展开了彻底调查|C^XPxTjriEh+[L)ZkG|。
The publisher's selection process of illustration designers was not thorough and well-regulated, its reviewing process was not strict and it did not value reader's suggestions, the ministry said.
该部门称，出版社对插图作者遴选制度不健全不规范，审查制度落实不严格，对读者意见不重视0I04T,@8xZ5[L!F,AZpS。
The ministry's Department of National Textbook did not give enough review, guidance and supervision on textbooks.
而教育部教材局方面则对教材的审查、指导和监督力度不足HL09B)t,^o9u。
In a separate release, the ministry said the publisher has finished re-doing the textbook illustrations and all new textbooks will be available before the new semester begins in September.
在另一份通报中，教育部表示，人教社已完成了教材插图的重绘工作，所有教材将于9月新学期开始前到位b4w+b%TfUk|fiw。
The new illustrations have been revised seven times and reviewed three times and approved by the National Textbook Committee, the release said.
通报称，新插图的绘制前后共经过7次修改，完成3次送审，并得到了国家教材委员会的批准I5e6Qoe8dH6.^etjpxQj。