On the 21st, a group made up of A-bomb survivors and others in the city of Hiroshima decided to stop publishing the manga Barefoot Gen, which is used by the Hiroshima City Board of Education for peace education, and change it to something else. I went to the ward office and asked them to withdraw.
Ten people from six groups, including a group made up of hibakusha and a union made up of teachers and staff, visited the Naka Ward Office in Hiroshima City to request the withdrawal.
The Hiroshima City Board of Education is reviewing the "Peace Education Program" that is being conducted in elementary, junior high and high schools, and has canceled the posting of "Barefoot Gen" in teaching materials for third graders. We have decided to change the content of the teaching materials for the new academic year.
The representatives of the six organizations handed over a joint petition to the person in charge of the board of education asking that Barefoot Gen not be deleted from the teaching materials. I learned a lot from Barefoot Gen. I want you to," he said.
In response, Hisashi Takada, head of the Hiroshima City Board of Education, said, "We have inherited the goal of cultivating a desire and attitude toward peace, and the revision was made while searching for what kind of teaching materials could be used to better convey it. '' and asked for understanding.