The chairman of the State Committee on Religious Affairs of Azerbaijan is for systematic teaching of Islam in the secondary schools, Trend reports from a news conference held on Thursday.
At present only 164 hours is allocated for the curriculum of the secondary schools on Islam teaching, while it is still insufficient, he underlined.
Aliyev noted that a Concept on Youth Policy, which exactly indicated the tasks of the State Committee and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism in the sphere of organization of the work. It is necessary to organize systematic work in this sphere, he underlined. The society demands attention to enlightenment. IT is necessary to train highly qualified personnel with pedagogical skills.