The procedure for the selection of the economic operator for the printing and distribution of the texts for the subjects in primary education for which the Bureau for the Development of Education has prepared new curricula is being developed.

According to the Concept approved by the Ministry of Education and Science last year, they are being introduced in several stages.

last year for the first and fourth grades, and in the 2022/2023 school year the students of the second and fifth grades will learn with new curricula.

The Ministry of Education and Science says that the procedures for approving the texts for which the new curricula have been prepared are in another final stage, so that if the procedures are extended after the beginning of the school year, the students acquire the knowledge from the relevant materials prepared by the moment they receive the new textbooks.

"A part of the manuscripts were selected in the competition, but there are also those with comments from the review commissions and they must undergo certain changes/additions.

After the author/authors have implemented them, the manuscript with the changes is returned to the reviewers for ascertaining the change", the Ministry of Education and Science announces.

According to the Concept for basic education, in addition to printed books, the e-ucebnici.mon.gov.mk portal will also make available texts from the fourth grade and upper primary education in digital format.