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Minister orders withdrawal of worksheet

Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh has ordered the withdrawal of an worksheet used at a school in East Java that carries a picture of a Japanese porn star

The Jakarta Post
Mon, September 24, 2012

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ducation and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh has ordered the withdrawal of an worksheet used at a school in East Java that carries a picture of a Japanese porn star.

“It is not possible for us to oversee each book one by one. It should have been the job of principals and teachers. But it has already happened and if the book is considered indecent, its publishers must withdraw it,” Nuh said as quoted by kompas.com.

Nuh also called on the local government in East Java to impose sanctions on the errant publisher.

An English subject worksheet for third-year students at Islamic junior high school SMP Islam Brawijaya, Mojokerto, featured a photo of the fully-clothed porn star Maria Ozawa, more popularly known as Miyabi. The worksheet asks the students to describe the picture.

The worksheet also features pictures of songwriter Anang Hermansyah and his wife Ashanty, as well as soap opera actor Dude Herlino.

The book was published by CV Sinar Mulia and was written in collaboration with the English teachers’ forum in Mojokerto. In the book, the writers explained that the pictures were included “to help students shape new paradigms” and aimed to boost students’ cooperative, active and self-learning.

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