Senegalese publishers given 15 days to withdraw altered textbooks
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
Senegalese Education Minister Moustapha Mamba Guirassy is giving the publishers concerned 15 days to withdraw altered versions of school textbooks and put approved editions back into circulation. Non-compliant titles risk having their approval suspended, followed by permanent withdrawal and removal from the register, according to Seneweb.
Senegal’s Ministry of National Education is giving the publishers concerned 15 days to withdraw altered versions of approved school textbooks from distribution and put officially validated editions back on the market, according to minister Moustapha Mamba Guirassy.
At the end of this period, non-compliant titles may lose their approval. The ministry plans to refer the matter to the National Approval Commission for permanent withdrawal and removal from the register, while the authors of the reported practices may face prosecution, according to Moustapha Mamba Guirassy.
The minister also announced unannounced inspections in schools, bookshops and other points of sale. He recalled that a school supplies list cannot require a specific publication year for an approved textbook and that school administrators or teachers who impose an unauthorised version are liable to administrative sanctions, according to the Ministry of National Education.
