The violence committed by the conservative organizations against students has reached a serious phase, the editorial said, and went on:

They opened to public the names of students and schools which voiced opposition to the textbook, insulting them as "depraved souls".

What is deplorable is the desperate efforts of the authorities to turn back the clock of history through the introduction of the "state-compiled" textbooks.

What the ultra-right conservative elements seek is to intensify suppression under the pretext of security even by sacrificing students.

However, the authorities are shutting their eyes to the acts of the conservative bodies.