Compulsory education special education schools are not allowed to charge students for selecting textbooks. This autumn, the Shanghai Special Education Teaching Materials Catalogue will be released, which includes teaching materials for compulsory education
In order to further standardize the teaching materials for special education in Shanghai, the Municipal Education Commission recently released a catalog of special education teaching materials for autumn 2023 in Shanghai. The catalog of special education teaching books in Shanghai for the autumn of 2023 includes both student books and teacher teaching books. The school shall choose to use it according to the actual situation and shall not solicit teaching materials for students.
All textbooks approved for use in primary and secondary schools in this city after being reviewed and approved by the Shanghai Primary and Secondary School Textbook Review Committee have the words "Approved for Trial after Review by the Shanghai Primary and Secondary School Textbook Review Committee, Approval Number..." printed on the back cover. Textbooks approved by the national review have the approval mark uniformly designed by the Ministry of Education printed, and are included in the National Curriculum and Teaching Book Catalogue and the Shanghai Primary and Secondary School Teaching Book Catalogue. The review results of the "pending" teaching materials in the special education teaching materials catalog in Shanghai in the autumn of 2023 will be announced in a timely manner.
No school or individual shall organize students to purchase books and materials that have not been approved by the state or this city, and shall not use overseas original textbooks that have not been approved by this city without authorization. Units that violate the above regulations will be dealt with and their leaders will be held accountable in accordance with relevant regulations of the Ministry of Education.
The Municipal Education Commission will jointly issue a document with the Municipal Press and Publication Bureau based on this teaching book catalog to guide the subscription and distribution of special education teaching books for the autumn of 2023. According to the Opinion of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance on Fully Implementing the Free Provision of Urban and Rural Compulsory Education Textbooks and Doing a Good Job in Recycling Some Free Textbooks, the cost of selecting textbooks for students in special education schools during the compulsory education stage in this city shall be paid by the finance department and shall not be charged to students. According to the Notice of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and the Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau on Implementing the Free Provision of Textbooks for Compulsory Education in this City, the total cost of selecting textbooks for schools shall not exceed the control standards of 158 yuan/semester for primary school and 194 yuan/semester for junior high school.
Education administrative departments, research departments, and schools conducting special education in each district should enhance their awareness of governing education according to law. Under the guidance of the district education administrative department, the textbook selection committee of each school carrying out special education work strictly follows the requirements of the "Notice of the Ministry of Education on Printing and Distributing", "Notice of the Ministry of Education on Printing and Distributing", "Notice of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission on Printing and Distributing" and other documents, is responsible for the selection of various textbooks in the school. Based on the actual education and teaching situation of the school, the selection of special education teaching materials is done well, and the results of the selection are reported to the district education administrative department for record.