In the presence of the representatives of the Department on Education of Grand Mufti’s Office on April 16 (Thursday) this year in the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) was held an open meeting for announcing the general assessment of the drafts of the textbooks on the subject “Religion – Islam”.

“On behalf of the Ministry of Education and Science we officially received a letter certifying that the drafts of the textbooks for studying the subject “Religion - Islam” from 1^st to 5^th grade including, pass the first stage of assessment.” – commented for Grandmufti.bg the Head of the Department on Education at Grand Mufti’s Office Amir Feleti.

For the preparation of the textbooks worked a committee the members of which are Amir Feleti, Nazmie Kulova, Dr. Osman Ibrahimov, Dr. Selime Hasanova, Muhammed Kamber, Beyhan Mehmed, Alper Ahmed and Gyulgyun Gaygadzhova. Head of the project was the Deputy Grand Mufti Ahmed Hasanov, who is in charge of “Education”, and editor-in-chiefwas Murad Boshnak.

According to Amir Feleti, it is expected that the teaching on “Religion – Islam” with the new textbooks will begin in the new school year 2020/2021 in September. Meanwhile the committee continues its work for the preparation of the content of the textbooks in “Religion – Islam” for the students from 6^th to 12^th grade.

“We hope that the work related to them will be completed by the end of the present calendar year.” – further added the Head of the Department of Education Amir Feleti.

Author: L. Chausheva