The puppet Ministry of Education reportedly declared that it would make public the "state-complied textbooks" on Nov. 28, the introduction of which had been pushed forward in secrecy.

Enraged at this, people from all walks of life staged an emergency signature campaign urging the regime to scrap the plan to introduce "state-compiled textbooks" as well as the resignation of the minister of Education on November 21-24.

Taking part in the campaign were at least 100,000 people, including more than 11,100 teachers, 4,540 students, 45,820 parents and 35,580 citizens.

The Teachers Union held a press conference outside the "government" building and handed the signature paper over to the Ministry of Education.

The union stressed that the only way to prevent the catastrophe is to immediately stop the introduction of "state-compiled textbooks" and use the textbooks which had been already screened.

It urged the Ministry of Education to stop the act of shielding the abnormal regime and take an option for averting the educational chaos.

The organization clarified that it would launch actions against the publication of "state-compiled textbooks" in solidarity with city and provincial education agencies, organizations of parents of students and civic and social organizations, if it is enforced.