Imagine if we were able to duplicate this effort on even a tiny scale?
Krasnogorsk, August 25 (Interfax) - Optional classes on elementary Orthodoxy will be introduced in children's day care centers of the Moscow region, the Minister of Education Lidiya Antonova said at a Moscow regional teachers' forum.
"In 2011-2012, we introduce a new course on Orthodox Culture in young children's care system. New resource and reference materials will be released by September 1," Lidiya Antonova said.
The course is now introduced in 430 centers with 27,000 young children enrolled.
The optional course called "Benign World of Orthodox Culture for Young Children" will be introduced in 650 daycare centers of the Moscow region. This course is optional and children will take it only with parents' consent," Andrey Finogenov, head of the regional management department of the Ministry of Education, told Interfax.
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It is good news that optional classes on elementary Orthodoxy -- only with the consent of parents -- will be taught to children in hundreds of Moscow area day care centers beginning September 1, 2011.
ReplyDeleteSuch classes will serve as a solid foundation for children as they attend Sunday school when they are older.