Pupils are reportedly told to buy titles such as The Village Pravda and The Oriental Pravda, the government's official organ. The newspapers' names hark back to the Soviet era, when Pravda daily was the Communist Party's official mouthpiece. The move appears to come in response to orders from local administrations, which demand that hundreds of copies of newspapers be sold at schools and colleges, according to the agency 12 News . "Pay subscription fees first, get your textbooks later," it says.