Ohrid, 11 September 2023 (MIA) - Minister of Education and Science Jeton Shaqiri announced Monday that textbooks for all grades will be delivered to primary schools by the end of September, especially those for third and sixth grade which distribution was delayed due to the new curricula.

He expects that that the last batch of textbooks for sixth grade will be approved after another meeting with the National Commission on Textbooks on Tuesday, followed by technical and graphic regulation, translation and distribution to all schools.

"According to the information we received from the Pedagogical Service, all textbooks have been delivered. For third-graders, as promised, distribution will be completed tomorrow. Regarding sixth grade, I announced last Thursday that we met with the National Commission, tomorrow we will meet again and I have positive information that the last batch of textbooks will be approved. Distribution of all textbooks for this school year is set to be completed by the end of September," Minister Shaqiri told reporters. ssh/ik/

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