The participation of more than 4 million students in the Quran, Atrat and Namaz competitions – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news

According to Mehr News Agency; Asghar Bagherzadeh, explaining the programs and activities carried out during the week of Quran, Atrat and prayer in education, stated: The week of Quran, Atrat and prayer was held from 15th to 22nd of December this year with the slogan of popularizing the activities of Quran, Atrat and prayer in schools. It includes holding ceremonies, competitions and projects in this area in schools across the country.

The vice-chancellor of education and culture pointed out: the week of Quran, prayer and prayer is the official start of these programs in schools, and it is an opportunity to meet the activists of this enlightened field as well as the students who have been ranked in different levels in the Quran, prayer and prayer competitions. have done and in Quranic activities in schools and regions, they are doing things with the title of teacher’s assistant, to be honored.

He added: The week of Quran, Itarat and prayer is also an opportunity to advertise and promote Quranic activities, which happen with the efforts of colleagues in schools.

Changes in the holding of Qur’an, Atrat and Namaz competitions

Baqerzadeh stated: This year, like previous years, we held Quran, Atrat and Namaaz competitions, of course, with some changes. The origin of these changes was the desire for transformation and transformation in activities.

The vice-president of education and culture of the Ministry of Education emphasized: Enlarging the base of the competition pyramid, which means increasing the scope of participation in the first stage of the competition, was very important for us.

He added: “In the past years, we did not have accurate statistics on the attendance of students in the Qur’an, Atrat, and Prayer competitions, and the statistics were approximate and based on the self-declaration of the provinces; If the past statistics are 100% correct and we compare them with the current number, we will find that a much larger number participated in the first stage, the school stage of the competition.

Bagherzadeh said: This year, for the first time, the competitions were held through the Norino system, which means that from the registration stage to the holding, it was held online. In this way, we can see the exact number of participants and their fields. About 4,200,000 students from all over the country have registered and participated in school stage competitions.

The vice president of education and culture announced that the registration process for Quran, prayer and prayer competitions is still going on, and noted: My colleagues predicted that at least 40% of students would participate in Quran, prayer and prayer competitions, and now about 33% of students are registered. Name and have participated.

Emphasizing the evolutionary approach in educational activities, the vice president of education and culture said: Another transformational change of this year’s competitions compared to the past is the use of supplementary content of textbooks for competitions, which has been tried in all fields of competitions and other activities. Qur’an, prayer and prayer in schools, use the lessons and books of different educational levels and adjust the content of competitions and activities and make them available to the participating students. Therefore, in addition to providing diverse and complementary content of the lessons, additional information is provided to the teachers. and makes students unnecessary to prepare and buy extracurricular books.

The exam of the Quran competition survivors will be held in the last days of December

Baqerzadeh further said: The educational stage of the competition was held in 5 fields in a national, test and non-attendance format. These fields include understanding the Quran, Nahj al-Balagheh, Sahifah Sajjadiyeh, Mahdavi discourse, and rulings, and in these 5 fields, about 300,000 people participated. participated in the tests online and the biggest virtual test was held online in the country.

The vice president of education and culture stated: Since some students failed to register and participate in the competitions due to some reasons, based on their request and the coaches, we considered another time frame to hold the re-examination.

He announced: The special exam for students who survived the Quran, Atrat and Namaz competitions will be held in the last days of December. Also, competitions in other disciplines are held orally, which started from the week of the Quran, and the school administrators have the duty until the end of next month to receive the works in the Norino system or in person and record the scores of the students in the system. do